posterior to vs posterior the

Both 'posterior to' and 'posterior the' are used in English, but 'posterior to' is the more common and accepted phrase. 'Posterior to' is the correct and widely used prepositional phrase to indicate something located behind or after something else.

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posterior to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'posterior to' when you want to describe something located behind or after something else.

Examples:

The heart is located posterior to the lungs.
The kitchen is posterior to the living room.

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Anterior to the descending aorta, but posterior to the pulmonary...
However the obtained benefits, if any, would be posterior to the RIP.
It should be recalled that the date of the above extension of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures is posterior to the trends described under recitals 137 and 138.
Therefore, both the IP and the period considered are substantially posterior to the operation of the cartel.
Okay, the pulmonary vein is... Located... Anterior to the descending aorta, but posterior to the pulmonary...
OJ L 80, 23.3.2002., the deadline for its transposition in the national legal orders of the Member States was 23 March 2005, i.e. a date posterior to that of the announcement of the restructuring plan at issue (June 2003).
In this context, it also alleges that the current version of that report cannot have been approved by the Standing Committee, since it is posterior to the latter's meeting approving the review report.
Use a scalpel to make a small incision in the side of the fish slightly posterior to the pelvis and just ventral of the lateral plates.
Posterior to the ventricle, avoiding the phrenic nerve, staying anterior to the vertebral column.
Irrespectively of whether they could be considered independent and sufficiently robust, the fact that they are posterior to the contested measures excludes such studies from justifying the Spanish government's selection of the DTT technology and to dismiss a technologically neutral tender.
I need to make an incision posterior to the xiphoid cartilage.
An o-ring located on the posterior chamber is used to prevent leaks.
Patients treated with tacrolimus have been reported to develop posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).
Corresponding microfractures to the posterior cranium indicate that Kurt was hit while resting his head on a hard surface.
Which means his image was transmitted to your posterior parietal cortex.
Today I'll present an alternative method to a posterior hip dislocation.
Today I'll present an alternative method to a posterior hip dislocation.
There's additional pitting and microfractures to the posterior of the ribs and sternum.
Blunt-force trauma to the posterior plain of the occipital with rough-edged abrasions.
Apparent gunshot wound to the posterior chest cavity.

Alternatives:

behind
after
following
subsequent to
in back of

posterior the

This phrase is not commonly used in English and is considered incorrect.

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