οπίσθιος — meaning in English

English meaning

• hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
• posterior adj Located at or nearer the back of something, especially the body.

Senses

οπίσθιος is used for these senses in English:

• hinder of or belonging to that part in the rear
• posterior (anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.

posterior — full definition

1. adj Located at or nearer the back of something, especially the body.
2. noun (informal) The buttocks.
3. noun (statistics) In Bayesian analysis, the updated probability of something being true after taking new evidence into account.

Related Greek words