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Dorsal vs Lumbar - What's the difference?

dorsal | lumbar |

As adjectives the difference between dorsal and lumbar

is that dorsal is with respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate while lumbar is related to the lower back or loin.

As a noun dorsal

is a hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

dorsal

English

Adjective

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  • (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
  • (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
  • (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
  • (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
  • (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
  • (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

    • Antonyms

    * ventral

    Coordinate terms

    * * (linguistics) labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal

    Derived terms

    * dorsal fin * dorsally

    Related terms

    * endorse, indorse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
  • In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

    • Anagrams

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    lumbar

    English

    (wikipedia lumbar)

    Adjective

  • Related to the lower back or loin.

    • Derived terms

    * lumbago * lumbar puncture * lumbar vertebra

    Anagrams

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