dorsad

American

[dawr-sad] / ˈdɔr sæd /

adverb

Anatomy, Zoology.

toward the back or dorsum; dorsally.

dorsad British

/ ˈdɔːsæd /

adjective

anatomy towards the back or dorsal aspect

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Etymology

Origin of dorsad

1795–1805; < Latin dors ( um ) back + -ad ³

Example Sentences

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The creamy white color of the flanks is constant and usually extends slightly dorsad in the inguinal region.

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M. depressor mandibulae superficialis medialis.—The origin is fleshy from the lateral edge of the basioccipital where the muscle is attached to Ligamentum depressor mandibulae and extends in a lateral direction to a point where the structures involved turn dorsad.

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Frontal fastigium: in Orthoptera, that process of the face extending dorsad between the antennae and meeting or nearly meeting the fastigium of the vertex in Tettigidae.

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Dorsad: extending or directed toward the upper side.

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While the trachea and bronchi lie ventrad to the oesophagus, the lungs lie laterad and even dorsad to the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach.

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