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dorsum

noun

1 dorsum

The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.

synonym: back.

Roget 235: rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland.    occiput [Anat.], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, ... show more

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; ... show more

Dutch: rug
Polish: plecy, grzbiet

2 dorsum

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).


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