postmedial

P3O1S1T1M3E1D2I1A1L1

adjective

Located behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.

Opposite
premedialantemedial
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Meanings

adjective
  1. biologyLocated behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.

    Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow and white. Fore wing white, with the costal half to end of cell suffused with fuscous; an obscure fuscous triangular postmedial mark with its apex on inner margin, its inner limb with a black speck […]

    1896, George Francis Hampson, Moths
  2. human sciencesLocated after the medial element.

    […] and PA *naːwal(a)w- and Y noːʔrep- 'following one behind the other' 055 (where PA adds postmedial *-(a)w, and Yurok the intransitive final -ep).

    1994, Studies in Native American Languages
    1 more example

    The medial suffix, ...kon..., carries the meaning "day": e.g., n'ka-nîšokonin I'll be away two days (and nights). […] The suffix also occurs with a postmedial extension, ...ak: e.g., nîšokonakisiw niski-pîsim it is the second day of April […] literally, the goose moon is in a state (...si-) of day two.

    2004, Spoken Cree, →ISBN, page 225

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
premedialantemedial

Origin

From post- + medial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with postmedial

remedialmedialventromedialdorsomedialalligation medialantemedialanteromedialantimedialbasomedialbimedialbuccomedialcaudomedialcentromedialcorticomedialcraniomedialdistomedialectomedialfrontomedialinferomedialintermediallabiomediallateromedialmesomedialmultimedial
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Anagrams

plastidome
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APA

postmedial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postmedial

MLA

“postmedial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postmedial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postmedial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postmedial.

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