posteromedial

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adjective

In the back and near the midline

Similar
posteromesalposteromesial
OriginEnglish medial ← Latin mediālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectiveposteromedial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyIn the back and near the midline

    Synonyms: posteromesal, posteromesial

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIn the back and near the midline

Similar
posteromesalposteromesial

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Proto-Italic*posteros
  5. Latinposterus
  6. Latinposterior
  7. Englishpostero-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*me
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  11. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  12. Proto-Italic*meðios
  13. Latinmedius
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Latinmediālis
  17. Englishmedial
  18. Englishposteromedial

From postero- + medial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with posteromedial

remedialmedialventromedialdorsomedialalligation medialantemedialanteromedialantimedialbasomedialbimedialbuccomedialcaudomedialcentromedialcorticomedialcraniomedialdistomedialectomedialfrontomedialinferomedialintermediallabiomediallateromedialmesomedialmultimedial
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APA

posteromedial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posteromedial

MLA

“posteromedial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posteromedial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “posteromedial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posteromedial.

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