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dorsalis

American  
[dawr-sal-is, -sey-lis] / dɔrˈsæl ɪs, -ˈseɪ lɪs /

adjective

  1. dorsal.


noun

  • dorsales
    plural
  1. a blood vessel or nerve serving the back of the part with which it is associated.

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of dorsalis

From New Latin; see origin at dorsal 1

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H. dorsalis hails from the mountains of Northern Borneo and features a conspicuous dark stripe that begins atop its head and bisects its back before fading around mid-body.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2023

Upon reaching the tarsal region, it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery, which branches repeatedly and provides blood to the tarsal and dorsal regions of the foot.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

To us this suggests intergradation with C. dorsalis.

From The Subspecific Status of Two Central American Sloths by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Comparisons.—For comparisons with the other species of Eutamias in Wyoming, see the accounts of E. minimus, E. amoenus, and E. dorsalis.

From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by White, John A.

Tab′itude, state of one affected with tabes.—Tabes dorsalis, the same as locomotor ataxia.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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