post-

(Latin: after, behind, later, subsequent)


postobit
post obitum
After death.
postorbital
1. Situated behind the orbit or socket of the eye; as the postorbital bone.
2. Situated behind the orbit; such as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles.
postpartum
post partum
After birth.
postparturitional
postpneumonia
postpone
postponement
postponer
postposition
postpositive
post postscriptum; PPS
Written after that which was previously written afterward.

That which is written after a previous post script as an additional after thought.

postprandial, postprandially
1. Done, made, taken, happening, etc. after dinner; after-dinner; sometimes humorous.
2. Following a meal, especially dinner: "They took a postprandial walk through the woods."
3. In medicine, after mealtime.

A postprandial rise in the blood glucose level is one that occurs after eating.

Postprandial refers to the time after any meal. It is a common term in medicine and may refer to diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology, metabolism, pathology, and many other biomedical fields.

postpuberal
Occurring in or pertaining to the period following puberty.

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