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posterior

[po-steer-ee-er, poh-] / pɒˈstɪər i ər, poʊ- /




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Brown: Posterior chain is everything up and down the backside of your body and the posterior.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Posterior and panuveitis in particular are associated with a poor prognosis and a protracted course of the disease.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Harvey, four, was diagnosed with kidney condition Posterior Urethral Valves and has stage five chronic kidney disease, travelling to Birmingham's Children's Hospital three times a week for dialysis.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2023

Posterior support is shown for selected key nodes.

From Nature • Jun. 16, 2015

Posterior to the place of scale reduction, the dorsolateral white stripe is displaced ventrally one scale-row.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John




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