Postaxial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Postaxial \Post*ax"i*al\, a. [Pref. post- + axial.] (Anat.)
     Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal;
     caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or
     posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a
     vertebrate limb.
     [1913 Webster]