post-
(Latin: after, behind, later, subsequent)
postdiluvial
A reference to anyone, or anything, that exists or occurs after the Biblical Flood.
postdiluvian
postdiluvium (pohst" di LYOO vee uhn)
A reference to the time immediately after the Biblical Flood.
postdoctoral (pohst" DAHK tuhr uhl)
Engaged in study, research, etc. following receipt of a doctor's degree; such as Ph.D. D.Ed., etc.
postdormital
Relating to, or referring to, postdormitum.
postdormitum
1. The period of increasing consciousness between sound sleep and waking.
2. The period of increasing consciousness interposed between sound sleep and wakening.
postecdysis
The concluding phase of ecdysis in certain crustaceans and arthropods, during which the endocuticle is secreted and calcification of the skeleton occurs.
posteriad
Toward the posterior surface of the body.
posterior
1. Situated in back of, or in the back part of, a structure.
2. The fleshy part of the human body that that a person sits on.
3. At or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates.
4. In humans and other bipeds, towards the back surface of the body; also called, the dorsal.
5. In quadrupeds, a term sometimes used as a synonym for caudal.
posteriorly
posterity (pahs TER uh tee)
1. All of a person's succeeding or future generations collectively.
2. All of someone's descendants.
postern
The postern of a castle was its "back gate" or door behind the castle.
posteroanterior
From back to front, or from the posterior to the anterior surface; such as, the direction of a radiographic projection.
posteroclusion
Malocclusion in which the mandibular arch is in a posterior (distal or remote) position in relation to the maxillary arch.
posteroexternal
Situated on the outer side of a posterior aspect.