DORSUM
\dˈɔːsəm], \dˈɔːsəm], \d_ˈɔː_s_ə_m]\
Definitions of DORSUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The ridge of a hill.
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The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
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The ridge of a hill.
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The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The sulcular surface of Anthozoa ; the tergum or notum of Insects and Crustacea ; the back or higher animals.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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(F.) Dos. The posterior part of the trunk, extending from the inferior and posterior region of the neck as far as the loins. The back of the foot, Dorsum pedia, is the upper part of that organ, opposite the sole the back of the hand, Dorsum manus, the part opposed to the palm. In the same sense, we say Dorsum penis, Dorsum nasi, for the upper part of those organs.
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Vertebral column -d. Ephippii, see Sella turcica -d. Manus, Opisthenar.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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