Tom has a posterior hip dislocation.
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Posterior
//pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə//
Synonyms for "posterior" (156 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (78)
Noun(29 words)
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2 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
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3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
similar
9 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَلْفِيّ adj (located towards the rear)
Belarusian
2 entries- за́дні adj (located towards the rear)
- ты́льны adj (located towards the rear)
Bulgarian
4 entries- за́ден adj (located towards the rear)
- по-къ́сен adj (following in order or time)
- сле́дващ adj (following in order or time)
- задник noun (buttocks)
Catalan
2 entries- posterior adj (located towards the rear)
- posterior adj (following in order or time)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 尾部的 adj (located towards the rear)
- 後面的 /后面的 adj (located towards the rear)
Czech
2 entries- zadní adj (located towards the rear)
- pozadí noun (buttocks)
Dutch
4 entries- achterkant adj (located towards the rear)
- later adj (following in order or time)
- posterieur adj (following in order or time)
- rugzijde adj (located towards the rear)
Esperanto
2 entries- posta adj (following in order or time)
- postaĵo noun (buttocks)
Finnish
4 entries- jäljempi adj (following in order or time)
- jälkikäteinen adj (following in order or time)
- perempi adj (located towards the rear)
- perä adj (located towards the rear)
French
3 entries- postérieur adj (located towards the rear)
- postérieur adj (following in order or time)
- derrière noun (buttocks)
German
4 entries- Rück adj (located towards the rear)
- hinterer adj (located towards the rear)
- später adj (following in order or time)
- Hintern noun (buttocks)
Greek
4 entries- μεταγενέστερος adj (following in order or time)
- οπίσθιος adj (located towards the rear)
- ύστερος adj (following in order or time)
- πισινός noun (buttocks)
Hindi
2 entries- पीछे adj (located towards the rear)
- नितंब noun (buttocks)
Hungarian
1 entries- far noun (buttocks)
Italian
2 entries- posteriore adj (located towards the rear)
- posteriore adj (following in order or time)
Japanese
4 entries- 劣後する adj (following in order or time)
- 後の adj (located towards the rear)
- 後の adj (following in order or time)
- 後れる adj (following in order or time)
Korean
2 entries- 뒤의 adj (located towards the rear)
- 후부의 adj (located towards the rear)
Macedonian
1 entries- заден adj (located towards the rear)
Māori
4 entries- kumu noun (buttocks)
- kumu noun (buttocks)
- miki noun (buttocks)
- miki noun (buttocks)
Occitan
1 entries- posterior adj (following in order or time)
Polish
2 entries- tylny adj (located towards the rear)
- zadni adj (located towards the rear)
Portuguese
2 entries- posterior adj (located towards the rear)
- posterior adj (following in order or time)
Romanian
4 entries- posterior adj (located towards the rear)
- posterior adj (following in order or time)
- ulterior adj (following in order or time)
- fund noun (buttocks)
Russian
4 entries- за́дний adj (located towards the rear)
- поздне́йший adj (following in order or time)
- после́дующий adj (following in order or time)
- ты́льный adj (located towards the rear)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zȁdnjī adj (located towards the rear)
- за̏дњӣ adj (located towards the rear)
- strȁžnjica noun (buttocks)
- стра̏жњица noun (buttocks)
Slovak
1 entries- zadný adj (located towards the rear)
Slovene
1 entries- zadnji adj (located towards the rear)
Spanish
4 entries- posterior adj (located towards the rear)
- posterior adj (following in order or time)
- trasero adj (located towards the rear)
- trasero noun (buttocks)
Tagalog
1 entries- hulihan adj (located towards the rear)
Ukrainian
2 entries- за́дній adj (located towards the rear)
- ти́льний adj (located towards the rear)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
My father was a good-for-nothing layabout who sat about on his posterior all day and ate potato chips.
Source: tatoeba (4597094)
The patient injured his upper cervical posterior spinal artery by sneezing.
Source: tatoeba (8983252)
The deadlift is a compound movement that trains the gluteus maximus, hamstrings, and other muscles in the posterior chain such as the erector spinae.
Source: tatoeba (10335909)
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