POSTERIOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posterior mean? 

• POSTERIOR (noun)
  The noun POSTERIOR has 2 senses:

1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

2. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

  Familiarity information: POSTERIOR used as a noun is rare.

• POSTERIOR (adjective)
  The adjective POSTERIOR has 2 senses:

1. located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure

2. coming at a subsequent time or stage

  Familiarity information: POSTERIOR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERIOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush

Context example:

are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Hypernyms ("posterior" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("posterior" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

Derivation:

posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tooth situated at the back of the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

back tooth; posterior

Hypernyms ("posterior" is a kind of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Derivation:

posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)

• POSTERIOR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure

Similar:

back; hind; hinder (located at or near the back of an animal)

caudal (situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises)

retral (at or near or toward the posterior)

Also:

back (related to or located at the back)

Attribute:

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

Antonym:

anterior (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body)

Derivation:

posterior (a tooth situated at the back of the mouth)

posterior (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on)

posteriority (the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coming at a subsequent time or stage

Synonyms:

later; posterior; ulterior

Context example:

the mood posterior to

Similar:

subsequent (following in time or order)

 Context examples 

General or unspecified injuries to the posterior part of the trunk.

(Back Injury, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A blood vessel which returns blood to the heart from the posterior walls of the thorax and abdomen.

(Azygos Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The clear, watery fluid which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye.

(Aqueous Humor, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The watery fluid which is present in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye.

(Aqueous Humor, NCI Thesaurus)

The posterior one third of the tongue behind the terminal sulcus that forms the anterior aspect of the oro-pharynx responsible for swallowing and modification of the voice in speech.

(Base of the Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding comprising right bundle branch block and left anterior fascicular block, or right bundle branch block and left posterior fascicular block.

(Bifascicular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A hollow tube that starts posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity and ends superior to the trachea and esophagus.

(Pharynx, NCI Thesaurus)

The posterior part of the cerebral hemisphere.

(Occipital Lobe, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An area occupying the most posterior aspect of the abdominal cavity.

(Murine Retroperitoneum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The majority of cases originate from the trigone and the posterior wall of the bladder.

(Bladder Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)