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posterosuperior

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posterosuperior /pos·tero·su·pe·ri·or/ (-soo-pēr´e-er) posterior and superior.
pos·ter·o·su·pe·ri·or (pst-r-s-pîr-r)
adj.
In back and above.

posterosuperior
[pos′tər·ō·so̅o̅·pēr′ē·ər]
Etymology: L, posterus, coming after, superior, higher
situated posteriorly and superiorly.

posterosuperior [pos″ter-o-soo-pe´re-or]
situated behind and above.

posterosuperior
situated behind and above.


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Otoscopic examination detected a firm mass bulging from the posterosuperior wall of the left bony external auditory canal (figure 1).
From C3 to T1 and from L1 to S1, 4 points on each vertebral body (anterosuperior, anteroinferior, posteroinferior, and posterosuperior corner) were marked, as were 2 points on the middle of the endplate, 2 points at each pedicle level, and 2 points at the intervertebral disc level of the canal anteroposterior (AP) diameter.
Burkhart's group (2003a) believe that in the presence of a tight and thickened postero-inferior glenohumeral capsule, horizontal abduction combined with external rotation as is shown in the arm cocking phase will be associated with a postero-superior translation of the humeral head relative to the glenoid such that it no longer contacts the posterosuperior glenoid labrum.
 
 
 
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