Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dorsum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dorsum \Dor"sum\, n. [L.]
1. The ridge of a hill.
2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper
side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the
tongue.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dorsum
n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck
to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
[syn: {back}]
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: "the dorsum of the foot")
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