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POSTURAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postural mean?
• POSTURAL (adjective)
The adjective POSTURAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or involving posture
Familiarity information: POSTURAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or involving posture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
postural exercises
Pertainym:
posture (characteristic way of bearing one's body)
Derivation:
posture (characteristic way of bearing one's body)
posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)
Context examples
Clinical features include a sudden cessation of ongoing activity usually without loss of postural tone.
(Petit Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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