(Botany) an association of a fungus and a plant in which the fungus lives within or on the outside of the plant's roots forming a symbiotic or parasitic relationship. See ectotrophic mycorrhiza, endotrophic mycorrhiza. [C19: from myco- + Greek rhiza root]
Medical Definition of POSTERIOR MEDIAN SULCUS. : a shallow groove along the midline of the posterior part of the spinal cord that separates the two posterior funiculi and is the external boundary of the posterior median septum. a shallow groove along the midline of the posterior part of the spinal cord that separates the two posterior funiculi and is the external boundary of the posterior median septum.
The artery that supplies the posterior third of the interventricular septum â the posterior descending artery (PDA) determines the coronary dominance. 1  If the posterior descending artery is supplied by the right coronary artery (RCA), then the coronary circulation can be classified as right-dominant.