Meanings
adjectivepostauricular (not comparable)
- not comparableBehind the (external) ear.
In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.
2015 August 27, “Intracochlear Bleeding Enhances Cochlear Fibrosis and Ossification: An Animal Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with postauricular
particularcurricularventricularperpendicularvehiculartesticularextracurricularfolliculararticularvesicularlenticularreticularauricularfuniculardiverticularnavicularcuticularextravehicularradicularcocurricularacromioclavicularcanalicularsupraclavicularacicular
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APA
postauricular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postauricular
MLA
“postauricular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postauricular. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postauricular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postauricular.
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