dorsum
dorsum
n.
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Dorsum
Dorsum (plural
Dorsa) is a
Latin word. In science, it could mean:
dorsum
Noun
1. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
(synonym) back
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
(part-meronym) saddle
2. the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part); "the dorsum of the foot"
(hypernym) body part
Dorsum
(n.)
The ridge of a hill.
(n.)
The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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back| range| ridge; slope of a hill