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Dorsum

noun
(pl. dorsa)
1.
The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.  Synonym: 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).





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"Dorsum" Quotes from Famous Books



... aspera, nec lines laevibus decursa; squamis majoribus rotuntdatis post aperturam branchiorum; fascia frontali et mtacula caudae nigris: fascia nigra laterali ab oculo ad caudam extensa, cumque pari suo ter trans dorsum conjugata. ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes


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