post-
(Latin: after, behind, later, subsequent)
posthitis
Post hoc; ergo propter hoc.
After this, therefore because of this.
The logical fallacy that because one event follows another, the former must have caused the latter; or, the fallacy of arguing that something is the effect of a certain cause when there is no evidence of any connection.
posthostility, poshostilities
posthumous
A posthumous child is one who is born after the death of its father or mother.
Publishing posthumously proves dead men/women do tell tales.
—Anonymous
posthumously
posthypnosis, posthypnotic
A suggestion made to someone under hypnosis that is to be acted upon at a later time after the period of hypnosis is over.
posthysterectomy
postilion
postiridectomy
Treatment after the surgical removal of a portion of the iris of the eye.
postlaminectomy
postliterate future
A future result of visual culture taking over the world at the expense of the written media.
Our literacy, and with it our verbal and communication skills, are in decline.
—John Naisbitt
postlobectomy
postlude
1. In music, a concluding piece or movement played at the end of an oratorio or the like; a concluding voluntary.
2. A written or spoken epilogue; an afterword, a conclusion.
postmastectomy
postmenstrual
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