Postmedial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Postmedial is an adjective meaning (biology) Located behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.
Meaning
(biology) Located behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.
More Meanings
- (linguistics) Located after the medial element.
Example Sentences
[…] 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).
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 […]
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.
Antonyms for postmedial
Common opposites include premedial, antemedial.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include posteromedial, postmedian, postmediastinal, midposterior, anteromedial, antemedial.
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