Dorsal

//ˈdɔː.səl//

Synonyms for "dorsal" (100 found)

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Closest matches (20)

labial abaxial accented alveolar apical apico-alveolar apico-dental articulated assimilated back barytone bilabial broad cacuminal central cerebral checked close

Adjective(1 words)

abaxial

Noun(1 words)

altar screen

Strong matches (30)

consonant consonantal continuant dental dissimilated flat front glide glossal glottal gluteal guttural hard heavy high intonated labiodental labiovelar lateral lax

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light lingual liquid low lumbar mid monophthongal muted

Prefix(1 words)

dorso-

Adjective(1 words)

dorsumal

Related words (50)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

ventral

Synonyms

1 entries

abaxial

Related terms

5 entries

dossal dossier endorse indorse tabes dorsalis

coordinate

5 entries

coronal labial laryngeal radical reredos

derived

57 entries

anteriodorsal anterodorsal apicodorsal basidorsal bidorsal caudodorsal centrodorsal cervicodorsal craniodorsal distodorsal dorsal body hormone dorsal fin dorsal hood dorsal nasal artery dorsal plate dorsal plating

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has context

4 entries

anatomy art botany linguistics

related to

15 entries

altar backbone dorsum endorse hanging hepatic inferior longitudinal moss plate series snake superior throne ventral

similar

1 entries

labial

Translations

50 translations across 24 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

ظَهْرِيّ adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Armenian

1 entries

միջնալեզվային adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dilortası adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)

Belarusian

1 entries

спінны́ adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Bulgarian

2 entries

гръбен adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
едноостър adj (having only one sharp side)

Catalan

1 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

背側 /背侧 adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
背側 /背侧 adj (relating to the top surface of foot or hand)

Czech

2 entries

dorzální adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
hřbetní adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Finnish

4 entries

dorsaalinen adj (relating to the top surface of foot or hand)
dorsaalinen adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)
selänpuoleinen adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
yksiteräinen adj (having only one sharp side)

French

1 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Galician

2 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)

Georgian

3 entries

გუტურალური adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)
დორსალური adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)
უკანაენისმიერი adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)

German

3 entries

Rücken adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)

Italian

1 entries

dorsale adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Malay

3 entries

belakang adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsum adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Polish

2 entries

dorsalny adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
grzbietowy adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Portuguese

2 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (relating to the top surface of foot or hand)

Romanian

2 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)

Russian

4 entries

дорса́льный adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
дорса́льный adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)
единоо́стрый adj (having only one sharp side)
спинно́й adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Slovak

1 entries

chrbtový adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Spanish

1 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Swedish

3 entries

dorsal adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
dorsal adj (produced using the dorsum of the tongue)
rygg adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Tagalog

2 entries

likuran adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
panlikod adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Ukrainian

2 entries

спинни́й adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)
хребе́тний adj (relating to the side in which the backbone is located)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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One of my required classes in college included dissecting the entire dorsal cavity of a pig. It was disgusting.

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Desert lizards have fine, granular dorsal scales.

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In Paint lake during the mayfly season (July up there) their dorsal fins could be seen cutting the water everywhere.

Source: tatoeba (11592855)

Dromedaries have one dorsal hump.

Source: tatoeba (12366988)

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