Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In the direction of the back; dorsally.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, toward the dorsum or back; backward, with reference to the animal itself, without regard to its posture: as, the spinal cord lies dorsad of the bodies of the vertebræ; the aorta arches dorsad as well as sinistrad: opposed to ventrad, and in Vertebrata equivalent to neurad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Anat.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.
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- adverb anatomy Toward the
dorsal side.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anal operculum: the dorsal arch of the 10th abdominal segment; in caterpillars = supra-anal plate, q.v. Anal organs: Collembola; the two modified hairs arising from a tubercle ventro-cephalad of the anus and usually curving caudo-dorsad.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Caudo-dorsad: directed upward and toward the tail.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Frontal fastigium: in Orthoptera, that process of the face extending dorsad between the antennae and meeting or nearly meeting the fastigium of the vertex in Tettigidae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Lying a short distance dorsad to the pharynx are seen two small, thick-walled openings, _ty_; these are the rudiments of the thymus glands.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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While the trachea and bronchi lie ventrad to the oesophagus, the lungs lie laterad and even dorsad to the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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