Definition of "posterior" []

• Located behind a part or toward the rear of a structure. (adjective)
• Relating to the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal side in humans and other primates. (adjective)
• Botany Next to or facing the main stem or axis. (adjective)
• Coming after in order; following. (adjective)
• Following in time; subsequent. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Several of these anterior and posterior roots, situated at about the same height on opposite sides of the spinal cord, converge and combine into what are called the _anterior_ and _posterior bundles_; then two bundles, anterior and posterior, unite and form the trunk of a spinal nerve."
• "To the recess behind the cervix the term posterior fornix is applied, while the smaller recesses in front and at the sides are called the anterior and lateral fornices."
• "OWENS: Well, most likely what he is having is what we call a posterior fasa (ph) stroke."