post sphenoid (postsfonoid)

[L. post, be hind, + E. sphenoid.] The posterior part of the compound sphenoid bone, including the bas i sphenoid, ali sphenoids, and pterygoids, sep a rable in infancy. post sphenoidal (post-sfe-noi'dal), a. [ vian fi ure of the brain. post-systolic (post-sis-tolʼik), a. [L. post, after, + NL. systole.] In physiol., following the systole. post-temporal (post-tem'po-ral), a. and n. [ II. n. In ichth ., a bone of the scapular arch of some fishes by means of which that arch is attached to the back part of the skull. It may form an integral part of the skull. Also called suprasca pula and supra clavicle . See first cut under teleost . post terminum (post ter'mi-num). [L.: post, after; terminum, acc. of terminus, a term, limit: see term.] In law, after the term. Post-tertiary (post-ter's hi-a-ri), a. and n. The most recent division of the geological series, including all that is later than that which can properly be denominated Tertiary: frequently called Quaternary. The line of division between the Tertiary and the Quaternary is, in many regions, one which cannot be sharply drawn, and geologists differ e entially in regard to the nomenclature of the groups more or le vaguely designated by the terms Post - tertiary, Pleistocene, Quaternary, recent, and diluvial, as well as to the meaning and limitation of the term glacial, all these being subdivisions in use as designating more or le of the deposits later than the Tertiary. In general it is stated in the text-books that none of the Post-tertiary species are extinct; but this applies only to the mollusks: deposits containing extinct forms of the higher animals, and probably also of plants, are by many geologists unhesitatingly called Post-tertiary. In the region where geology has been longest cultivated (northwestern Europe) ice has has played an important part in Post-tertiary times; hence, a cla ification of deposits of this age is largely influenced by this circumstance, and a parallelism of the more recent deposits of glaciated and non-glaciated regions - the latter comprising much the larger part of the earth's sur face is greatly increased in difficulty. See Quaternary and Pleistocene. military post: the official designation of a sutler. [U.S.] post-tympanic (post-tim-pan'ik), a. and n. [ and opisthotic bones in some carnivores. Huxley , II. n . The post-tympanic bone. Anat. Vert., p. 308. postulant (pos'tu-lant), n . [ postulant = Pg . It. postulante , an applicant, candidate, prop. adj., post ulan (t-) s , ppr. of postulare , demand: see postulate , n.] One who or that which postulates, demands, or asks; specifically, a candidate for membership in a religious order during the period preparatory to his admi ion into the novitiate; in the American Episcopal Church, an applicant for admi ion to candidateship for the ministry, not yet received as candidate. As some words, instinctively avoided, are constantly falling into desuetude, so others, often answering to calls too subtile for analysis, are constantly presenting themselves as postulants for recognition. F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 98.