posterior

  1. Adjective.  Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
  2. Adjective.  Following in order or in time.
  3. Adjective.  (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
  4. Adjective.  (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  5. Noun.  (euphemistic) The buttocks.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.