postquadrate

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adjective

Behind the quadrate bone

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Meanings

adjectivepostquadrate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBehind the quadrate bone

    Stapes morphology does not provide evidence to suggest a direct connection between the stapes and a postquadrate tympanic membrane (if present) and the hypothesis of a dorsal process as the site of attachment of a small ligament or the stapedial muscle is supported.

    2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From post- + quadrate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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