"dorsum" meaning in English

See dorsum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔː.səm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɔɹ.səm/ [General-American] Forms: dorsa [plural]
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin dorsum (“the back”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dorsum||the back}} Latin dorsum (“the back”) Head templates: {{en-noun|dorsa}} dorsum (plural dorsa)
  1. (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
    The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: back Translations (back of the tongue): 舌背 (shébèi) (Chinese Mandarin), Dorsum linguae [anatomy, medicine, sciences] (German), Dorsum [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (German), Zungenrücken (German)
    Sense id: en-dorsum-en-noun-CV2qPnFM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 20 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 20 24 1 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 28 16 29 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'back of the tongue': 65 19 0 16
  2. (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
    The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: back Translations (top of the foot or back of the hand): 腳背 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚背 (jiǎobèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 手背 (shǒubèi) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-dorsum-en-noun-HDwA1CE1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 20 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 20 24 1 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 28 16 29 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'top of the foot or back of the hand': 15 74 0 10
  3. (geology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (ridge on a hill): Dorsum [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-dorsum-en-noun-CYLD12qF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 20 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 20 24 1 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 28 16 29 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'ridge on a hill': 12 12 67 9
  4. (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat. Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-dorsum-en-noun-giNNp7MZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 20 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 22 16 33 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 20 24 1 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 28 16 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 25 16 33 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dorsal, dorsumal, dorsum sellae Translations (back of an animal): 背部 (bèibù) (Chinese Mandarin), Dorsum (note: in anatomy) [masculine] (German), Rücken [masculine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'back of an animal': 45 45 0 11

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.