0 a Latin word meaning "back", used in medical names and descriptions of the back or top surface of an organ:
the dorsum of the foot
The dorsum is distinctly convex.
Uvulars involve backing of the rear tongue dorsum into the uvular region, just at the top of the pharynx.
They argued that "velarized" is an inappropriate term, since a velarized sound should show significant raising of the tongue dorsum towards the velum.
The highest rates of seroreactive strains were observed from the forearm (81.0 %), followed by dorsum of the palm (51.7 %).
Remitting swelling with pitting oedema of the dorsum of the hands and feet is observed in several inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
The pubescence (short appressed hair) on the dorsum of the thorax may be black or white, sometimes yellowish.
They varied very much in the ornamentation of the mesonotum and the dorsum of the abdomen.
Isolated examples are distinctly hemispherical in form, with strong and somewhat wavy ridges radiating from the dorsum.
