dorsal
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˈdɔrsəl/
- Specialized
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dorsal
- The brown trout flapped its dorsal fin and splashed back into the water.
- dorsal fin
- dorsal surface
- dorsal aspect
It's also called SLD sub lateral dorsal nucleus, so love it.
- It's also called SLD sub lateral dorsal nucleus, so love it.
- You know, in retrosplenial, the dorsal medial striatum response is probably due to inputs from entorhinal and retrosplenial.
Examples
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You could see, along the dorsal fin, along the spine, it was cut in, bleeding.
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At the bottom of swells, its dorsal fin came out of the water.
Academic text (1997) -
Actually, he is assembling the upper dorsal surface of the fish.
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With the rat placed in a dorsal position on a plexiglass surface.
Academic text (2015) -
We can also see the dorsal side of the hand where we can extract visible vein patterns from that.
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Postmortem lividity is trace over the dorsal aspect of the body, period.
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The dolphin's dorsal fin glistened in the sunlight as it leaped out of the water.
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The scientist carefully measured the dorsal side of the fish to study its coloration.
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In the anatomy class, we learned about the dorsal muscles that support the spine.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
A fin on the back of a fish or dolphin that helps it keep balance while swimming
- Specialized
1
7.7
A part at the back of the spinal cord that receives signals from nerves for touch and pain
- Specialized
1
8.1
A group of nerve fibers at the back of the spinal cord that carry messages about feeling into it
- Specialized
A vein beside the descending scapular artery in the shoulder that drains into the subclavian or external jugular vein
Surface Forms
Morphology
dorsal = dors + al
Although the adjective ends in the common suffix '-al', the base 'dors-' is not a recognizable standalone English word for most learners, so the meaning is not recoverable from familiar parts.
Etymology
Dorsal comes from the Latin word dorsum, which means 'back'. So when something is described as dorsal, it simply means it is 'on the back or upper side' of an animal or organ, like the darker top of a fish that helps with camouflage.