dorsal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
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Etymology: From Late Middle English dorsal/dorsale, borrowing from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”), from dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to dorsum + -al.
Base: dorsum
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
form: more dorsal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dorsal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dossal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: dorsals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dossal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
pos: adj
gloss: With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
pos: adj
gloss: Having only one sharp side.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
pos: adj
gloss: A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonyms: altar screen, rood screen (not always different)
gloss: Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
pos: noun
gloss: A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
pos: noun
Antonyms: ventral
Related words: dossier
endorse
indorse
tabes dorsalis
Derived words: anterodorsal
anteriodorsal
apicodorsal
basidorsal
bidorsal
caudodorsal
centrodorsal
cervicodorsal
craniodorsal
distodorsal
dorsal body hormone
dorsal fin
dorsal hood
dorsalisation
dorsalization
dorsalize
dorsalise
dorsally
dorsalmost
dorsal nasal artery
dorsal plate
dorsal plating
dorsal root
dorsal root ganglion
dorsal slit
dorsal striatum
dorsal vessel
dorsalward
dorsalwards
holodorsal
humerodorsal
interdorsal
intermediodorsal
labiodorsal
laterodorsal
lumbodorsal
lumbo-dorsal
mediodorsal
mesodorsal
mesiodorsal
middorsal
nondorsal
oculodorsal
postdorsal
posterodorsal
predorsal
prodorsal
proximodorsal
retrodorsal
rostrodorsal
sacrodorsal
subdorsal
superodorsal
supradorsal
temporodorsal
thoracodorsal
ventrodorsal
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: ظَهْرِيّ
roman: ẓahriyy
lang: Belarusian
word: спінны́
roman: spinný
lang: Bulgarian
word: гръбен
roman: grǎben
lang: Catalan
word: dorsal
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 背側 /背侧
roman: bèicè
lang: Czech
word: hřbetní
lang: Czech
word: dorzální
lang: Finnish
word: selänpuoleinen
lang: French
word: dorsal
lang: Galician
word: dorsal
lang: German
word: Rücken-
lang: German
word: dorsal
lang: Italian
word: dorsale
lang: Malay
word: belakang
lang: Malay
word: dorsum
lang: Malay
word: dorsal
lang: Polish
word: grzbietowy
lang: Polish
word: dorsalny
lang: Portuguese
word: dorsal
lang: Romanian
word: dorsal
lang: Russian
word: спинно́й
roman: spinnój
lang: Russian
word: дорса́льный
roman: dorsálʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: хребе́тный
roman: xrebétnyj
lang: Slovak
word: chrbtový
lang: Spanish
word: dorsal
lang: Swedish
word: dorsal
lang: Swedish
word: rygg-
lang: Tagalog
word: panlikod
lang: Tagalog
word: likuran
lang: Ukrainian
word: спинни́й
roman: spynnýj
lang: Ukrainian
word: хребе́тний
roman: xrebétnyj
lang: Unami
word: ùpxkòni