单词	posterior
释义	posterior1 adjectiveposterior2 noun posteriorpos‧te‧ri‧or1 /pɒˈstɪəriə $ pɑːˈstɪriər/ adjective [only before noun] Word Origin WORD ORIGINposterior1 Origin: 1500-1600 Latin ‘further behind’, from posterus ‘coming after’, from post; ➔ POST- Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Axons from this same area project into the posterior pituitary. Both anterior and posterior attention systems have many subcortical partners in doing their job, especially in the thalamus. Both the four eye and spot fin have a posterior eye spot. In phenotypically abnormal brains, there was some disorganized differentiation of neurons caudal to the posterior commissure. In the posterior part of the body there appears to be a distinct mid-line streak and diagonal marks running out from it. The theorem states that the posterior probability is proportional to the prior probability multiplied by the likelihood. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► wall · The two patients in whom the lesion was not reached had ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of duodenal bulb. technical near or at the back of something OPP  anterior:  the posterior part of the brain posterior1 adjectiveposterior2 noun posteriorposterior2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But in the background, two posteriors are clearly visible. Daphne's huge bosom and vast posterior looked as if they were about to burst from her too-tight black costume. Greg sank into the leather warmed by his voluptuous posterior. The central position was taken by the headmaster himself, and the live coals sent vivid warmth to his posterior. Then he allowed me to rub it into his injured posterior, a great thrill for me. the part of the body you sit on – used humorously SYN  buttocks, bottom
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