I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
wall
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The two patients in whom the lesion was not reached had ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of duodenal bulb.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Axons from this same area project into the posterior pituitary.
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Both anterior and posterior attention systems have many subcortical partners in doing their job, especially in the thalamus.
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Both the four eye and spot fin have a posterior eye spot.
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In phenotypically abnormal brains, there was some disorganized differentiation of neurons caudal to the posterior commissure.
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In the posterior part of the body there appears to be a distinct mid-line streak and diagonal marks running out from it.
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The theorem states that the posterior probability is proportional to the prior probability multiplied by the likelihood.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But in the background, two posteriors are clearly visible.
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Daphne's huge bosom and vast posterior looked as if they were about to burst from her too-tight black costume.
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Greg sank into the leather warmed by his voluptuous posterior .
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The central position was taken by the headmaster himself, and the live coals sent vivid warmth to his posterior .
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Then he allowed me to rub it into his injured posterior , a great thrill for me.