DORSAL
\dˈɔːsə͡l], \dˈɔːsəl], \d_ˈɔː_s_əl]\
Definitions of DORSAL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(biology) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
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Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
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A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
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Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; - opposed to ventral.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
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Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
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A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
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Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; - opposed to ventral.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Or lying near the back as opp. the ventral surface; surface farthest from the axis ; the upper surface of the thallus or prothallus of ferns, etc..
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Dorsalis, from dorsum, 'the back.' Notioeus, Notal, Tergal. Relating to the back of the body, or of one of its parts; as the Dorsal vertebra, nerves, &c; Dorsal artery of the tongue, penis, &c.; Dorsal region of the foot, hand, &c.; Dorsal Consumption, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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