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- opisthokontAny of very many eukaryotes, including animals and fungi, whose flagellate cells (if any) propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
- opisthocoelousconcave behind; applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave
- opisthographyA writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a sheet already written upon on one side.
- opisthoclineleaning backwards
- opisthodelphicHaving parallel uteri that are directed to the rear
- opisthogastricbehind the stomach
- opisthoglyphAny opisthoglyphous snake.
- opisthographAny early document (such as a roll of papyrus) that has writing on the back as well as the front.
- opisthogyrateThat curves toward the posterior
- opisthomastigoteA stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is posterior of the nucleus, and passes through a groove in the cell body.