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Webster 1913 Edition


Postaxial

Post-ax′i-al

,
Adj.
[Pref.
post-
+
axial
.]
(Anat.)
Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.

Definition 2024


postaxial

postaxial

English

Adjective

postaxial (comparative more postaxial, superlative most postaxial)

  1. (anatomy) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior.