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Posterior vs Glome - What's the difference?

posterior | glome |

In anatomy terms the difference between posterior and glome

is that posterior is nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds while glome is one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.

As nouns the difference between posterior and glome

is that posterior is the buttocks while glome is one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.

As an adjective posterior

is located behind, or towards the rear of an object.

As a verb glome is

to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.

posterior

English

Alternative forms

* posteriour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
  • Following in order or in time.
  • (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
  • (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  • Synonyms

    * (located behind or towards the rear) rear, hinder, back * (Following in order or in time) later

    Antonyms

    * anterior

    Derived terms

    * posteriorly

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (euphemistic) The buttocks.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    glome

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (lena) (glomus) a ball. Compare (globe).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
  • (geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (glom)
  • (obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
  • (Surrey)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) gloom
  • (Webster 1913) ----