The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dorsoventral \Dor`so*ven"tral\, a. [dorsum + ventral.] (Anat.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dorsoventral adj 1: extending from the back to the belly