dorsum
noun
the back, as of the body.
dorsa
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pluralof dorsum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Axons and cell bodies in the dorsa spinal cord convey mostly sensory information from the body to the brain.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Under this Rule, some nouns suffer a syncope; as, dorus m. a door, n. p. dorsa for dorusa.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Looking eastward the land smoothens, the dorsa fall more gently towards the counter-slope, and there are none of the "Morros" which we have traversed.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
