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