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dorsoventrally

dorsoventrally adverb: in a dorsoventral manner; (in humans): from the back of the body to the front.

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 dorsoventrally

From dorsoventral + -ly.

Questions about dorsoventrally

What does dorsoventrally mean?
Dorsoventrally means in a dorsoventral manner; (in humans): from the back of the body to the front.
What part of speech is dorsoventrally?
Dorsoventrally is an adverb.

Words near dorsoventrally in the dictionary

  1. dorsoventral
  2. dorsoventrality
  3. dorsoventralization
  4. dorsoventralize
  5. dorsoventralized
  6. dorsoventrally
  7. Dorst
  8. Dorstone
  9. Dorsts
  10. dorsum
  11. dorsum sellae

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