CAUDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caudal mean? 

• CAUDAL (adjective)
  The adjective CAUDAL has 3 senses:

1. constituting or relating to a tail

2. resembling a tail

3. situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises

  Familiarity information: CAUDAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

• CAUDAL (adverb)
  The adverb CAUDAL has 1 sense:

1. toward the posterior end of the body

  Familiarity information: CAUDAL used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting or relating to a tail

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

caudal appendage

Antonym:

cephalic (of or relating to the head)

Pertainym:

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

Derivation:

cauda (any taillike structure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling a tail

Synonyms:

caudal; taillike

Similar:

caudate; caudated (having a tail or taillike appendage)

Derivation:

cauda (any taillike structure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises

Context example:

the caudal end of the body

Similar:

posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)

• CAUDAL (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toward the posterior end of the body

Synonyms:

caudal; caudally

Pertainym:

caudal (situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises)

 Context examples 

The CTZ is located in the area postrema on the dorsal surface of the medulla oblongata at the caudal end of the fourth ventricle and outside the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

(Palonosetron hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Those vertebrae immediately behind (caudal to) the skull, C1-C7 in man.

(Cervical Spine, NCI Thesaurus)

The paired caudal parts of the prosencephalon from which the THALAMUS, HYPOTHALAMUS, EPITHALAMUS, and SUBTHALAMUS are derived.

(Diencephalon, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The caudal portion of the trunk, bounded anteriorly and laterally by the two hip bones incorporating the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg.

(Pelvic Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A diamond-shaped cavity filled with cerebrospinal fluid within the pons extending between the obex in the caudal medulla and the aqueduct of Sylvius in the cerebellum.

(Fourth Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)