POSTERIOR

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome.

2.
a.

Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.

3.
a.

At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.

4.
a.

On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. Gray.


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