posticum
AmericanEtymology
Origin of posticum
1695–1705; < Latin postīcum backdoor, back part (of a building), noun use of neuter of postīcus. See posticous
Example Sentences
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This was the posticum, by which the master of the house evaded the importunate visitors who filled the atrium.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
The vein must be drawn to the outside, and the thread passed round the artery, which lies close to the bone, on the ligamentum posticum of Winslowe.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
P. atronitidus, antennis tomentosis obscuris, basi et apice piceis, labri margine antico palpisque rufo-piceis, thorace linea media longitudinali vix marginem posticum attingente fossulaque utrinque postica, elytris striatis vix atro-aeneis tibiis ad apicem tarsisque atro-piceis.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
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