Usually means: Located on the outer side.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. postaxial: Merriam-Webster
  2. postaxial: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. postaxial: Collins English Dictionary
  4. postaxial: Wordnik
  5. postaxial: Wiktionary
  6. postaxial: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. postaxial: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. postaxial: Dictionary.com
  9. Postaxial: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. postaxial: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Postaxial: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. postaxial: FreeDictionary.org
  13. postaxial: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. postaxial: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. postaxial: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (postaxial)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Situated behind an axis in the body of an animal; hind; posterior.

Similar:
postanal, postern, posterior, postpenial, postoral, posteriour, posterolateral, postspinal, epaxial, postmental, more...

Opposite:
preaxial, anterior

Phrases:
postaxial polydactyly, more...

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Similar:
postanal, postern, posterior, postpenial, postoral, posteriour, posterolateral, postspinal, epaxial, postmental, more...

Opposite:
preaxial, anterior

Phrases:
postaxial polydactyly, more...



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