different between posterior vs caudad

English

Alternative forms

• posteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??st??.?i.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /po??st??.i.?/, /p??st??.i.?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)

Adjective

posterior (comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)

1. (anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.

   Synonyms: back, hinder, rear

   Antonym: anterior

   1. (medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
   2. (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
2. (formal) Following in order or in time.

   Synonym: later

   Antonym: prior

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Related terms

• auricularis posterior
• post-

Translations

Noun

posterior (plural posteriors)

1. (euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.

   Synonyms: buttocks; see also Thesaurus:buttocks

2. (mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

Translations

References

• “posterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “posterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• repositor, torporise

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pos.t?.?i?o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pus.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pos.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

posterior (masculine and feminine plural posteriors)

1. posterior (following in order or in time)

   Antonym: anterior

2. posterior (located behind, or towards the rear of an object)

   Antonym: anterior

Derived terms

• posterioritat
• posteriorment

Further reading

• “posterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “posterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “posterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “posterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin posterior.

Adjective

posterior (plural posterior-posterior)

1. (anatomy, medicine, dentistry) posterior

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proksimal,? ventral ^{(Category: id:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apikal,? apikokoronal,? aksial,? bukal,? bukoapikal,? bukoservikal,? bukogingival,? bukolabial,? bukolingual,? bukooklusal,? bukopalatal,? servikal,? koronal,? koronoapikal,? distal,? distoapikal,? distobukal,? distoservikal,? distokoronal,? distofasial,? distogingival,? distoinsisal,? distolingual,? distooklusal,? distoklusal,? distopalatal,? fasial,? gingival,? insisal,? insisoservikal,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobukal,? linguooklusal,? mandibular,? maksilar,? mesial,? mesioapikal,? mesiobukal,? mesioservikal,? mesiokoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofasial,? mesioinsisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesiooklusal,? mesioklusal,? mesiopalatal,? oklusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proksimal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: id:Dentistry) [edit]}

Latin

Etymology

Comparative degree of posterus, from post.

Adjective

posterior (neuter posterius, positive posterus); third declension

1. (of time) coming after, later; next, following
   1. the later of the two, (of persons) the younger
2. (of space) further to the back, hinder, posterior
3. later in position or order of mention, latter
4. less important, secondary, inferior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Noun

posterior m (genitive posteri?ris); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) later generations

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• posterit?s

Descendants

References

• “posterior” on page 1554 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• posterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• posterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Adjective

posterior m or f (plural posteriores, comparable)

1. posterior (following in order or in time)

   Synonym: ulterior

2. posterior (located in the rear)

   Synonym: traseiro

3. (phonetics) back (produced in the back of the mouth)

   Synonym: traseiro

Derived terms

• posteriormente

Further reading

• “posterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French postérieur, from Latin posterior.

Adjective

posterior m or n (feminine singular posterior?, masculine plural posteriori, feminine and neuter plural posteriore)

1. posterior

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin posterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poste??jo?/, [pos.t?e??jo?]

Adjective

posterior (plural posteriores)

1. posterior, later

   Antonym: anterior

Derived terms

• posterioridad
• posteriormente

Further reading

• “posterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin cauda (“tail”) + ad (“to”).

Adverb

caudad (not comparable)

1. (zoology) backwards; toward the tail or posterior part
2. (anatomy) towards the feet (only in humans)