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What is the noun for dorsa?

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dorsum
  1. (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on an animal.
  2. (geology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
  3. (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat
  4. The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
  5. The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The hiker felt the cool breeze against his sweaty dorsum as he ascended the mountain.”
      “Within 48 hours she developed well demarcated erythema over the front of her legs, and large blisters over each knee and the dorsum of her feet.”
      “The anterior tibial may become plexiform on the dorsum of the foot, giving rise to the dorsal intermetatarsals.”
dorsal
  1. (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
  2. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
  3. (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
dorsel
  1. A pannier.
  2. Alternative form of dorsal
dorsalization
  1. (biology) The formation of dorsal cell types, and the organization of tissue along the dorsoventral axis.
dorsimeson
  1. (anatomy) The line in which the meson meets the dorsal surface.
dorsiflexor
  1. (anatomy) A muscle that causes dorsiflexion when it contracts
dorsoventrality
  1. Alternative form of dorsiventrality
  2. Examples:
    1. “During the first half of blastogenesis, the bilaminar disc and the basic body plan of dorsoventrality, rostrocaudal axis, and laterality are established.”
dorsiflexion
  1. (medicine) Flexion in the dorsal direction
  2. Examples:
    1. “Passive dorsiflexion of the toes with foot eversion may exacerbate the pain.”
      “The most common movement is a dorsiflexion of the ankles and flexion of the knees or hips.”
      “The mechanism of injury is excessive dorsiflexion and eversion of the ankle joint with internal rotation of the tibia.”
dorsoatrium
  1. A dorsal atrium (in gastropods)
dorsosacral
  1. A dorsal sacral (bone)
dorsalizations
  1. plural of dorsalization
dorsiflexions
  1. plural of dorsiflexion
dorsoatria
  1. plural of dorsoatrium
dorsiflexors
  1. plural of dorsiflexor
dorsosacrals
  1. plural of dorsosacral
dorsa
dorsals
  1. plural of dorsal
dorsels
  1. plural of dorsel
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