(anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand. / (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue. / (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.

(art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc. / (zootomy, in snakes) Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

A maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.

A fin located on the backs of fish and some marine mammals.

(pathology) tabes of the back; a degeneration of the sensory neurons of the spinal cord carrying afferent information. / (often, more specifically) neurosyphilis in the form of such degeneration.

Towards the dorsal side

(medicine) Pain in the upper back.

plural of dorsal fin

Alternative form of dosser (a basket).

(anatomy) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.