dorsum

American  

[dawr-suhm] / ˈdɔr səm /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

• dorsa
  plural

1. the back, as of the body.

2. the back or outer surface of an organ, part, etc.

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dorsum British  

/ ˈdɔːsəm /

noun

1. a technical name for the back 1

2. any analogous surface

   the dorsum of the hand

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dorsa
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dorsum

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1775–85

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Example Sentences

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dorsum dorsa

The dorsum nasi is the length of the nose.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Septal cartilage is flexible hyaline cartilage connected to the nasal bone, forming the dorsum nasi.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

In life the hatchlings had a dull dark green dorsum, pale bright green venter and stripes on head, and reddish brown iris.

From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman

In breeding individuals the dorsum is pale yellow; the belly is white, and the vocal sac is yellow.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman

Smilisca sila is distinguished from other members of the genus by the presence of small wartlike protrusions and peculiar white, pustular spots on the dorsum.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

Axons and cell bodies in the dorsa spinal cord convey mostly sensory information from the body to the brain.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

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

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

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