dorsalis

American  

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

adjective

1. dorsal.

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noun

• dorsales
  plural

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dorsales
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dorsalis

From New Latin; see origin at dorsal ¹

Example Sentences

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dorsalis

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

For convenience sake the cervical portions of the spinal and ventral tracts are generally regarded as separate tracts, the pt. colli dorsalis and pt. colli ventralis respectively.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Affinities.—This species, in the characters derived from the valves, comes perhaps nearest to L. Rhodiopus; in the characters derived from the animal's body, it is nearest to L. dorsalis.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin

Acutalis dorsalis, is a small, triangular, shining Treehopper, with a smooth round back; it is greenish-white, with a large black spot, from the anterior corners of which a line runs off to each eye.

From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder