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dorsosacral

dorsosacral adjective: relating to the lower back.

Adjective

dorsosacral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the lower back
  2. dorsal to the sacrum

Noun

dorsosacral (plural dorsosacrals)

  1. A dorsal sacral (bone)
    • Presacral 27 is fused to the sacrum and is a dorsosacral.2015 October 15, “The Postcranial Skeleton of an Exceptionally Complete Individual of the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of...

Forms of dorsosacral

pluraldorsosacrals

Origin of dorsosacral

From dorso- + sacral.

Questions about dorsosacral

What does dorsosacral mean?
Dorsosacral means relating to the lower back.
What part of speech is dorsosacral?
Dorsosacral can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dorsosacral in the dictionary

  1. dorsorectal
  2. dorsoretrograde
  3. dorsoretrolateral
  4. dorsorostral
  5. dorsorostrally
  6. dorsosacral
  7. dorsosacrals
  8. dorsosagittal
  9. dorsoscapular
  10. dorsospinal
  11. dorsostable

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