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What is the adjective for dorsum?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs dorsalize and dorsiflex which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dorsal
  1. (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
  2. (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
  3. (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
  4. (linguistics) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
  5. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
  6. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. posterior, rear, hind, back, hindmost, hinder, aft, rearward, after, caudal, behind, last, posticous, retral, in back of, rearmost, tail, final, abaft, astern, postern, following, backward, back of, spinal, vertebral, backbone, end, endmost, stern, trailing, aftermost, hindermost, furthest back, furthest behind, at the end, nearest the rear, mizzen, backside, hindquarters, reverse, hindpart, back end, tail end, remotest, furthest, extreme, utmost, ultimate, outermost … more
dorsosacral
  1. Relating to the lower back
  2. dorsal to the sacrum
dorsomedial
  1. (medicine) Both dorsal and medial in location; thus, central and toward the back
dorsoventral
  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and belly of something
  2. Examples:
      3. “Each specimen was cut and polished along the median dorsoventral plane with a graded series of carborundum and diamond pastes.”
      “Superficially, softshells can be distinguished by their dorsoventral compression, leathery shells, and elongate snout.”
      “The nuclei are desynchronized along the dorsoventral axis with chromosome bridges.”
dorsotemporal
  1. dorsal to the temples (of the head)
dorsoproximal
  1. (anatomy) Both dorsal and proximal
dorsoplantar
  1. (anatomy) Both dorsal and plantar
dorsomarginal
  1. dorsal and marginal
dorsodistal
  1. Both dorsal and distal
dorsiflexional
  1. Relating to dorsiflexion.
dorsobasal
  1. (anatomy) Both dorsal and basal.
dorsomedian
  1. Synonym of dorsomedial
dorsalmost
  1. Most dorsal.
dorsalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dorsalize
dorsalizing
  1. present participle of dorsalize
dorsiflexed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dorsiflex
dorsiflexing
  1. present participle of dorsiflex
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