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dorsiventrally

dorsiventrally is the alternative form of dorsoventrally.

Meaning of dorsoventrally

Adverb

dorsoventrally (not comparable)

  1. In a dorsoventral manner; (in humans): from the back of the body to the front.
    • While most fish are laterally compressed, humans are dorsoventrally compressed.

Origin of dorsiventrally

From dorsiventral + -ly.

Questions about dorsiventrally

What is dorsiventrally the alternative form of?
Dorsiventrally is the alternative form of dorsoventrally.

Words near dorsiventrally in the dictionary

  1. dorsimesal
  2. dorsimeson
  3. dorsispinal
  4. dorsiventral
  5. dorsiventrality
  6. dorsiventrally
  7. dorsmanin
  8. dorsmanins
  9. dorso-
  10. dorso-ventrally
  11. dorsoabdominal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dorsiventrally (page history and authors); dorsoventrally (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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