Category: P

The darkening of the lower portions of a deceased body due to the accumulation of blood in those areas.  

After death; an investigation of a deceased body. This is also referred to as an autopsy or necropsy.  

Behind the midpoint of the body’s transverse line.  

A child born after the death of its father, or delivered through a cesarean operation performed on the deceased body of its mother.  

A seldom-used term for the surgical procedure of circumcision.  

Positioned behind the glenoid cavity, this term is used to describe an arm dislocation where the head of the humerus is pushed backward. In this situation, it’s referred to as being in the postglenoid position.  

Once the fever has abated.  

After an epileptic seizure, such as post-epileptic automatism.  

Located behind a central point, typically referring to the region situated behind the central fissure of the brain.  

The entrance of the internal auditory canal into the cranial cavity.