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 Translation for 'posterior' from English to French
ADJ   posterior | more posterior | most posterior
NOUN   a posterior | posteriors
SYNO back tooth | later | posterior | ...
postérieur {adj}posterior
anat.
séant {m} [littéraire]
posterior [buttocks]
anat.
postérieur {m} [fam.]
posterior [hum.]
math.stat.
probabilité {f} a posteriori
posterior probability
anat.
artère {f} auriculaire caudale [Arteria auricularis posterior]
posterior auricular artery
anat.
ligament {m} croisé postérieur <LCP> [Ligamentum cruciatum posterius]
posterior cruciate ligament <PCL, LCP>
anat.
muscle {m} jambier postérieur [Musculus tibialis posterior]
posterior tibial muscle
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Usage Examples English
  • A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the forewing of flies between the extreme posterior wing base and the alula, which covers the halteres.
  • There are two primary surgical techniques to correct kyphosis: posterior-only fusion and anterior/posterior fusion.
  • The posterior border of the ala, shorter than the anterior, also presents two projections separated by a notch, the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior inferior iliac spine.
  • In combination with specific cortical areas, 'posterior cortex' usually refers to the posterior (back) part of that cortical area.
  • Posterior nasal packing is needed for posterior epistaxis.

  • "Dysfunctional Posterior Cingulate". Two studies found that posterior cingulate functions poorly in adult criminal psychopaths and aggressive patients.
  • The posterior axillary line is a coronal line on the posterior torso marked by the posterior axillary fold.
  • On either side of the posterior median sulcus of the spinal cord, and at a short distance from it, the posterior nerve roots are attached along a vertical furrow named the posterolateral sulcus.
  • The "Posterior Bronchial Branches" (rami bronchiales posteriores; posterior or dorsal pulmonary branches), more numerous and larger than the anterior, are distributed on the posterior surface of the root of the lung; they are joined by filaments from the third and fourth (sometimes also from the first and second) thoracic ganglia of the sympathetic trunk, and form the "posterior pulmonary plexus".
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