posterior

A friend in her 80s slipped on the stairs to her flooded basement and fell, breaking two posterior ribs and injuring her shoulder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

When strength training later in life, more attention must be paid to building strength around the joints, Herbert says, and strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of the body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025

Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

For example, annelids such as Platynereis dumerilii can regenerate entire parts of their posterior body after injury.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

“Yours truly trusts that a modicum of caution will he exercised in the prance, to prevent delivery of uncomfortable blows to the posterior of the forequarters?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Today, those same simulated posteriors are essential to making sure new sensors are in good working order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Those lucky enough to have got their posteriors on the leather seats of ministerial cars all know the situation is bad.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

Radke examines the bustle, popularized in 1868, a rare historic moment when women opted to increase the appearance of their posteriors to “create the desired gluteal lump.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022

This from someone who refers to his players’ posteriors as “tails” — as in, “They practiced their tails off this week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2019

They were tattooed across the arms and legs, but not on the loins or posteriors, like the people of Otaheite.

From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by William Bligh