postaxialadj.
/ˌpəʊstˈaksɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊstˈæksiəl/ Anatomy.
Located posterior to an axis, esp. the main axis of the body or of a body part; spec. designating, relating to, or derived from the lower (caudal) border of a developing limb; ulnar or fibular. Opposed to preaxial adj.
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rightOE
lefta1200
lowera1400
furtherc1400
lateral?a1425
sinistera1500
upper1528
anterior?1541
inferior1563
superior1566
oblique1578
high1588
ascendant1611
prone1646
peripherial1653
internal1657
supine1661
peripherical1690
gawk1703
ascending1713
adducent1722
submental1722
adductory1752
subdorsal1783
syntropic18..
atlantal1803
mesiad1803
mesial1803
proximal1803
sternal1803
distal1808
peripheral1808
peripheric1818
ventripetal1819
submedial1825
anteriormostc1826
subvertebral1827
afferent1828
sinistral1828
rostral1834
interganglionic1835
submedian1836
mesian1837
haemal1839
supravaginal1844
neural1846
symmetrical1851
suprameatal1853
paraxial1861
posterial1866
hypaxial1873
postaxial1873
preaxial1873
transmedial1876
transmedian1876
mediad1878
horizontal1881
mesal1881
prosomatic1882
dextrad1883
paramedian1890
prorsal1890
ventro-dorsal1895
midsagittal1898
ventro-axial1902
ventro-posterior1903
ipsilateral1907
parasagittal1907
ventromedial1908
homolateral1910
suprasellar1912
supratemporal1975
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 37 And in beasts posterior, can be spoken of as post-axial.
1875 Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 819/2 Quite recently the term præ-axial has been introduced as equivalent to atlantal, and post-axial to sacral.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 95 The Ulna, or post-axial bone of the forearm, is longer than the humerus.
1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) p. xxviii Turn the points [of your scissors] towards you, resting the outer (post-axial) side of your hand on the table.
1995 Evolution 49 876/1 The digital arch segments and bifurcates in a postaxial sequence to produce the distal carpals, normally two in number, and the metacarpals, four in number.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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