Search Result for "dorsum":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;
- Example: "his back was nicely tanned"
[syn: back, dorsum]
2. the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part);
- Example: "the dorsum of the foot"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dorsum \Dor"sum\, n. [L.] 1. The ridge of a hill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue. Dortour
