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Thesaurus: dorsum

The ridge of a hill.

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  1. n. The ridge of a hill.
  2. n. The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
  3. n. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
  4. n. 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)
  5. 1. The ridge of a hill. 2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
  6. The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of anappendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
  7. n:100 n. 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)