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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Posterior \Pos*te"ri*or\ (p[o^]s*t[=e]"r[i^]*[~e]r), adjective [L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See {Post-}.]
1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to {prior}.
Hesiod was posterior to Homer. --Broome.
2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to {anterior}.
3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for {dorsal}.
4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. --Gray.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neural \Neu"ral\, adjective [Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to {hemal}. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as {dorsal}; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. {Hemal}.
{Neural arch} (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dorsal \Dor"sal\, adjective [F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr. ?, ?, mountain ridge. Cf. {Dorse}, {Dorsel}, {Dosel}.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to {ventral}.
2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
{Dorsal vessel} (Zo["o]l.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dorsal \Dor"sal\, noun [LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See {Dorsal}, adjective] (Fine Arts) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dorsal
adjective
1: belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals" [ant: {ventral}]
2: facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" [syn: {abaxial}] [ant: {adaxial}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "dorsal": accented, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, dissimilated, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, gluteal, guttural, hard, heavy, high, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, low, lumbar, mid, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occipital, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, posterial, posttonic, retral, retroflex, rounded, sciatic, semivowel, soft, sonant, stopped, stressed, strong, surd, syllabic, tense, tergal, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide
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