後こう天てん性せい

noun

acquired; a posteriori

Refers to traits, conditions, or knowledge gained after birth, as opposed to innate or congenital. Used in medical, biological, and philosophical contexts.

• 後こう天てん性せい免めん疫えき不ふ全ぜん症しょう候こう群ぐんはエイズの正せい式しき名めい称しょうです。

  Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is the formal name for AIDS.

• 後こう天てん性せいの知ち識しきは経けい験けんから得えられる。

  A posteriori knowledge is obtained from experience.