(medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth. / (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.

(euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body. / (mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).

plural of posterior

The condition of being posterior (in any sense)

present participle of posteriorize

(biology) That causes posteriorization

(biology) The acquisition of posterior values, especially the formation of the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain and spinal cord from the anterior neural plate

plural of posteriority

plural of posteriorization

simple past tense and past participle of posteriorize