posteroventrolaterally

adverb

In a posteroventrolateral direction.

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Meanings

adverbposteroventrolaterally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a posteroventrolateral direction.

    The vomers form the median borders of the internal nares, which are about 1 cm in diameter and open posteroventrolaterally […]

    1962, Samuel Paul Welles, A new species of elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs
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    The articular surface of the right postzygapophysis is angled at around 20 degrees to the horizontal, facing posteroventrolaterally.

    2015 October 15, “The Postcranial Skeleton of an Exceptionally Complete Individual of the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From posteroventrolateral + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

posterolateroventrally
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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