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posterior

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Adjective

  1. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds: Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
  2. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds: Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  3. Following in order or in time.

Noun

  1. The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.
  2. The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

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