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• Lower jaw with several rows at anterior, outer row enlarged, posterior teeth larger but not caninoid.n.d. "Tigrigobius saucrus" Goby Net (accessed 2 Nov 2019). From the entry caninoid
• Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence…. From the entry precranial
• Gonad didelphic, amphidelphic; anterior branch on the right of intestine, but posterior arm to the left.2015 December 17, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a New…. From the entry amphidelphic
• Head posterior to vertex smooth and shiny or with weak carinulae but never strongly rugoreticulate.2012, Eli M. Sarnat, The Ants of Fiji, page 94. From the entry carinula
• I once before compared the posterior aspect of the Arctic bear to an elephant's.2009, Elisha Kent Kane, Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry arctic bear
• Dias and Albright reported a series of 58 patients with posterior fossa tumors and hydrocephalus.2008, Richard C. E. Anderson, Hugh J. L. Garton, John R. W. Kestle, “Treatment of Hydrocephalus with Shunts”, in A. Leland Albright, Ian…. From the entry shunt
• Butterwerthe's posterior greatly resembling that of his own sister's in its plumptitude.2004, Pamala-Suzette Deane, My Story Being this: Details of the Life of Mary Williams Magahee, Lady of .... From the entry plumptitude
• At first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., page 80. From the entry marvellous
• The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.2002, T. H. Worthy, The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand, page 128. From the entry weakly
• The posterior edge of this casque is smooth without projecting spines. . .1998 Campbell, Jonathan A. Amphibians and reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize p. 154-155. ISBN: 0-8061-3064-4. From the entry casque
• The posterior muscles of the neck are divided into superficial, intermediate, and deep groups.1994, Howard S. An with J. Michael Simpson, “Anatomy of the Cervical Spine”, in Surgery of the Cervical Spine, London: Martin Dunitz…. From the entry spine
• Agamids and chameleons uniquely share an acrodont dentition on the dentary and posterior maxillary.1993, George R. Zug, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles, page 439. From the entry agamid
• Vasopressin is not detectable in the posterior pituitary of the homozygous Brattleboros.1978, M. A. Corner, International Summer School of Brain Research, Maturation of the Nervous System: Proceedings (page 329). From the entry Brattleboro
• Pleura yellowish, posterior margin of pleurotergite and hypopleurite brown, the hypopleurite with posterior setae.1955 September 30, The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1955-09-30: Vol 106 Part 10, page 397. From the entry hypopleurite
• Shell suborbicular, compressed, valves sillonated, posterior flexuosity submedian; no lateral teeth.1924, IDA SHEPARD OLDROYD, The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America, volume 1, California: Stanford University, page 169. From the entry sillonated
• The posterior half portion of the spore is filled with sporoplasm.1917, Rokusaburo Kudo, “Myxobolus toyamai nov. spec., a new myxosporidian parasite in Cyprinus carpio L.”, in The Journal of Parasitology…. From the entry sporoplasm
• In a few brains these vessels might also come from the posterior cerebellary artery.1917, M.T. Burrows, “Anatomical studies explaining lesions following thrombosis of the posterior inferior artery”, in Folia…. From the entry cerebellary
• The posterior vomerine teeth evidently met the posterior teeth of the mandible.1905, John Campbell Merriam, The Thalattosauria. From the entry vomerine
• Since this is again hard to realize analytically, one usually approximates the integral via sampling from the posterior.2021, Nils Thuerey, Philipp Holl, Maximilian Mueller, Patrick Schnell, Felix Trost, Kiwon Um, chapter 25, in Physics-based Deep Learning…. From the entry marginalize
• She had a posterior gummy smile; upper teeth were nonconsonant with the lower lip curve together with lower incisor exposure.2019, Ravindra Nanda, Flavio Andres Uribe, Sumit Yadav, Temporary Anchorage Devices in Orthodontics E-Book, page 173. From the entry nonconsonant
• All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy.2015 August 1, “Long-Term Visual Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Children with Congenital Cataracts”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry capsulectomy
• Cumulative tumor burden was highest within the macula and posterior pole and was asymmetrically higher within the inferonasal periphery.2015 August 1, “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Tumor Occurrence in Children with Intraocular Retinoblastoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry inferonasal
• P and A were determined at the posterior and anterior intersection of the internal capsule and the medial intermedullary lamina respectively.2015 September 15, “Using MDEFT MRI Sequences to Target the GPi in DBS Surgery”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry intermedullary
• The iridectomy, posterior capsulotomy, and hyaloidotomy may be performed using a vitrectomy tip or using other surgical instruments.2015 August 12, Marek Rękas, Karolina Krix-Jachym, Tomasz Żarnowski, “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surgical Treatment of Malignant…. From the entry hyaloidotomy
• Generally, I can assure you that a woman's posterior causes a stir, whether she's considered a have or a have not.2013, Kelda, Men Under a Microscope, Author House, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry have
• The guttae (guttata is an adjective!) are evident on slit lamp biomicroscopy as tiny drop-like relucencies on the posterior corneal surface.2011, Ralph C. Eagle, Eye Pathology: An Atlas and Text, 2nd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 98. From the entry relucency
• Dukei n. gen. et n. sp. share the absence of a posterior fossettid, but have a more hypsodont dentition.2010, Richard H. Madden, Alfredo A. Carlini, Maria Guiomar Vucetich, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca, page 149. From the entry fossettid
• The levatores costarum are small and very deep muscles on the posterior trunk. tells us that these muscles elevate the ribs.2005, Joseph E. Muscolino, The Muscular System Manual, page 255. From the entry levator costae
• The probability density of the Bayesian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2. From the entry Monte Carlo
• The probability density of the Bayseian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2. From the entry Markov chain
• The mammillary body is the most posterior part of the hypothalamus; there exist medially large and small cell divisions.2004, Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective, page 99. From the entry mammillary body
• In the rigid foot with fixed deformity, a wedge tarsectomy or triple arthrodesis with tibialis posterior transfer is necessary.1995, J.P. Ivory, I.M. Nugent, A.C. Ross, Key Topics in Orthopaedic Surgery, published 2005, page 189. From the entry tarsectomy
• Veins in this area communicate with the superior ophthalmic veins which drain into the cavernous sinus posterior to the orbit.1980, Keith L. Moore, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Williams & Wilkins, page 1061. From the entry danger triangle of the face
• During the eccentric movements, the cellophane strip readily pulls out as the anterior teeth disclude the posterior teeth.1969, Gordon J. Christensen, Harry C. Lundeen, “Restorative Dentistry in General Practice”, in Alvin L[eonard] Morris, Harry M. Bohannan…. From the entry disclude
• Its distinguishing features, such as alation, hingement, posterior caudation, etc., are also found in other subfamilies of Cytheridae.1955, Journal of Paleontology - Volume 29, page 626. From the entry caudation
• The 'twixt-brain is limited behind by the posterior commissure.1917, John Sterling Kingsley, Outlines of comparative anatomy of vertebrates. From the entry 'twixt-brain
• Round the fusal fibres there wind, in spiral form, large myelinated posterior root fibres, of which several subserve each spindle.1912 June, J.J. Graham Brown, “Ataxia: A Symptom”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 8, number 6, page 498. From the entry fusal
• Transverse posterior line reduced to two dotlets or altogether wanting.1902, Proceedings: Entomological papers, volumes 25-26, United States National Museum, page 201. From the entry wanting
• The anterior and posterior skin of the upper chest and shoulders demonstrated irregularly jagged borders with areas of soot and charring focally.2016 March, Amanda M McLemore et al., “Suicide by Bomb, with Decapitation”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry rare

Meaning of posterior

1. adjective Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
2. adjective Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
3. adjective Following in order or in time.

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How do you use posterior in a sentence?

Posterior is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.”

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“The 'twixt-brain is limited behind by the posterior commissure.”

What does posterior mean?

Posterior means relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.