post-

(Latin: after, behind, later, subsequent)


anemic necrosis
Death of tissues caused by disturbed blood circulation in a body part.
Anno post Romam conditam; A.P.R.C.
In the year after the founding of Rome.

The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 753 B.C. Equivalent to A.U.C.

anteroposterior
a posteriori
From effect to cause, from facts to generalizations, inductively [applied to reasoning].

A posteriori is a conclusion which is reached by examination and analysis of the specific facts, as happens in a science laboratory, where a person reasons from actual observation of data and comes to a conclusion from the observed facts. Contrasted with a priori.

Culpam maiorum posteri luunt.
Descendants pay for the shortcomings of their ancestors.

Also interpreted to mean: "The sins of the fathers." Is it possible that what we say and do now may affect future generations?

dorsoposterior
ex post facto
Arising or enacted after the fact, retroactive.

An ex post facto law is one which sets a penalty for an act that was not illegal at the time it was performed. Such laws are forbidden by the United States Constitution.

inferoposterior
mentoposterior
mortgageable
That which is susceptible, or capable, of being mortgaged.
nephrapostasis
nuance
1. A very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color.
2. The use or awareness of subtle shades of meaning or feeling; especially, with references to artistic expressions or performances.
3. A subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude; hence a slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the mind.
4. Etymology: from French nuance, "slight difference, shade of color" (so called with reference to the different colors of the clouds); from nuer, "to shade"; from nue, "cloud", from Gallo-Romance nuba, from Latin nubes, "cloud"; related to obnubere, "to veil".
post
postabortal
Happening subsequent to, or after, an abortion.
postabortion, post-abortion
After an abortion.

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