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Definition of posterior adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

posterior

adjective
 
/pɒˈstɪəriə(r)/
 
/pɑːˈstɪriər/
[only before noun] (specialist)
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  1. located behind something or at the back of something opposite anterior
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPosterior is used with these nouns:
    • part
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    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a plural noun denoting descendants): from Latin, comparative of posterus ‘following’, from post ‘after’.
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