posterior

• adj.
• n. 後部; 腰

ラテン語のposterus「後」、post「後」、-or「比較接尾辞」から。

posterior (adj.)

1530s, "later," from Latin posterior "after, later, behind," comparative of posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post-). Meaning "situated behind" is from 1630s.

posterior (n.)

"buttocks," euphemistic, 1610s, from posterior (adj.). Earlier it meant "those who come after, posterity" (1530s). Compare Lithuanian pasturas "the last, the hindmost," from pas "at, by."

1. He plumped his large posterior into the lavatory pan.

彼の大きなお尻は便器に座っていた。

2.He paused a moment to raise his posterior from the chair.

彼はポーズを取って椅子から立ち上がった。

3.The posterior hypothalams performs the function of defence against cold.

視床下部後部は寒さを防ぐ機能を実行している。

4.At the posterior end of the oesophagus is the crop.

食道の後端は嗉嚢.

5.This is usually followed by a posterior paresis.

その後、通常は後肢麻痺である。