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dorsocervical

dorsocervical adjective: relating to the back and the neck.

Adjective

dorsocervical (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the back and the neck.
    • Some data suggest that fat deposition at ectopic places (nape of the neck, excess dorsocervical fat; ‘buffalo hump’; excess fat below chin; ‘double chin’, liver) correlates with the metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians.2015 November 25, “Phenotype, Body Composition, and Prediction Equations (Indian Fatty Liver Index) for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Non-Diabetic Asian Indians: A Case-Control Study”, in PLOS...

Origin of dorsocervical

From dorso- + cervical.

Words that rhyme with dorsocervical

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Questions about dorsocervical

What does dorsocervical mean?
Dorsocervical means relating to the back and the neck.
What part of speech is dorsocervical?
Dorsocervical is an adjective.

Words near dorsocervical in the dictionary

  1. dorsocaudal
  2. dorsocaudally
  3. dorsocentral
  4. dorsocentrals
  5. dorsocephalic
  6. dorsocervical
  7. dorsocranial
  8. dorsocranially
  9. dorsodistal
  10. dorsodistally
  11. Dorsoduro

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