posteriorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes または follows after; later, latter”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /pɒˈstɪə.ɹi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/
• 韻: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)

形容詞

posterior (comparative more posterior, superlative most posterior)

1. (anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.

   Synonyms: back, hinder, rear

   Antonym: anterior

   1. (medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
   2. (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
2. (formal) Following in order or in time.

   Synonym: later

   Antonym: prior

等位語

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine)}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry)}

派生語

関連する語

• auricularis posterior
• post-

名詞

posterior (複数形 posteriors)

1. (euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.

   Synonyms: buttocks; see also Thesaurus:buttocks

2. (mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

参照

• “posterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “posterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary

アナグラム

• repositor, torporise

Latin

語源

Comparative degree of posterus, from post.

形容詞

posterior (neuter posterius, positive posterus); third declension

1. (of time) coming after, later; next, following

   Synonym: secundus

   1. the later of the two, (of persons) the younger
2. (of space) further to the back, hinder, posterior
3. later in position or order of mention, latter
4. less important, secondary, inferior

   Synonym: secundus

語形変化

Third-declension comparative adjective.

名詞

posterior m (genitive posteriōris); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) later generations

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

関連する語

• posteritās

派生した語

参照

• “posterior” on page 1554 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• “posterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• posterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • later writers: scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores