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32 words match “POST-”

POST- n.
A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
POST-ABDOMEN n.
That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.
POST-CAPTAIN n.
ot so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.
POST-DISSEIZIN n.
A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins.
POST-DISSEIZOR n.
A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. Blackstone.
POST-FINE n.
A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver.
POST-IMPRESSIONISM n.
aturalistic character of impressionism and neo- impressionism. In a strict sense the term post-impressionism is used to denote the effort at self-expression, rather than representation, shown in the work of Cézanne, Matisse, etc.; but it is more broadly used to include cubism, the theory or practice of a movement in bo…
POST-MORTEM a.
After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
POST-OBIT; POST-OBIT BOND n. 2 definitions
A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. Bouvier.
POST-TEMPORAL a. 2 definitions
A post-temporal bone.
POST-TRAGUS n.
A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
POST-TYMPANIC a.
Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
AFTER-DINNER n.
Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
AUTOPSY n.
f a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.
BLIND READER n.
A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
COSTOTOME n.
An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight.
CUBISM n.
A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below). - - Cu"bist (#), n.
ENTEROTOME n.
A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.
FUTURISM n.
A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below).
GASTROMALACIA n.
A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post- morten change.
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