dorsum
/ˈdɔː.səm/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdɔːr.səm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdȯr-səm/ (ame, mw)
dorsum — 名詞
- dorsumsingular
- dorsumsplural
1. in anatomy, the back-facing or upper outer side of a body part or organ.
背面
器官或部位朝背的一面
in anatomy, the back-facing or upper outer side of a body part or organ.
Before the injection, the nurse cleaned the dorsum of Nila's hand.
護理師打針前先清潔 Nila 手的背面。
the dorsum of + hand
After practice, a purple bruise spread across the dorsum of Hassan's foot.
練習後，Hassan 腳的背面出現了一大片紫色瘀青。
across the dorsum of + foot
The surgeon marked the dorsum of Christopher's tongue with a tiny pen.
外科醫師用小筆在 Christopher 舌頭的背面做了記號。
In the scan, a small cyst sat on the dorsum of the liver.
掃描影像顯示肝臟的背面有一個小囊腫。
On the poster, the dorsum of the foot is marked in bright blue.
海報上用亮藍色標出了足部的背面。
- back
the everyday word, especially for a person's or animal's rear side
- upper surface
neutral scientific wording when a writer wants description without Latin terminology
- dorsal side
close technical alternative that stresses orientation rather than naming the surface itself
- ventral side
the side facing the front or underside in anatomical description
文法句型
the dorsum of + body part/organ
on/across the dorsum of + body part/organ
用法筆記
Usually appears in medical writing after 'the dorsum of ...'. In everyday English, speakers normally say the back or top of the hand, foot, tongue, or another body part instead.