postaxiallyadv.prep.
/ˌpəʊstˈaksɪəli/, U.S. /ˌpoʊstˈæksiəli/ Anatomy.† B. prep.
A. adv.
In a postaxial position or direction.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adverb] > specific
upwardsc1400
posteriorly1598
centrad1803
dextrad1803
distad1803
peripherad1803
proximad1803
sinistrad1803
atlantad1825
rostrad1831
mesially1849
ventrad1849
peripherally1852
posterolaterally1857
rostrally1863
distally1870
medianly1870
ventrally1870
postaxially1873
preaxially1873
posteroventrally1877
proximally1878
mesad1881
lateralwards1882
ventralwards1883
preaxiad1888
mesally1890
anteriad1891
haemad1891
postaxiad1892
lateralward1895
sagittally1895
ventral1899
posteriad1902
ipsilaterally1950
midsagittally1960
ventromedially1960
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 39 Distinct vertebræ are developed both pre-axially and post-axially to this strip.
1943 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 131 376 Each mesomere is drawn out distally and postaxially into a short process.
1984 Folia Morphologica 32 121 The greatest morphological changes took place in the preaxially and postaxially localized superficial muscles.
1995 Evolution 49 876/1 The anlage of Fi [= the fibula] bifurcates postaxially to form i [= the intermedium] and the fibulare.
In a postaxial direction from. Obsolete. rare.
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1895 Proc. Zool. Soc. 331 These vertebræ..continue on postaxially the sacral mass, narrowing as they proceed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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