posterior
The posterior portions of the human bodyThe posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
» Tom has a posterior hip dislocation.
Tom hat eine hintere Hüftluxation. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(euphemistic, humorous, sometimes)The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
Hintern
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
Examples
3 sentencesTom has a posterior hip dislocation.
deTom hat eine hintere Hüftluxation. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The patient injured his upper cervical posterior spinal artery by sneezing.
My father was a good-for-nothing layabout who sat about on his posterior all day and ate potato chips.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
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