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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;
- Example: "his back was nicely tanned"
[syn: back, dorsum]

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);
- Example: "the dorsum of the foot"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dorsum \Dor"sum\, n. [L.]
   1. The ridge of a hill.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper
      side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the
      tongue. Dortour


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dorsum
    n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the
         neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
         [syn: back, dorsum]
    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); "the dorsum of the foot"