Definition of Dorsoventrally

1. Adverb. In a dorsoventral direction. "The ray has a dorsoventrally flattened body"

Partainyms: Dorsoventral

Definition of Dorsoventrally

1. Adverb. In a dorsoventral manner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dorsoventrally

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorsoventrally

dorsoflexion
dorsolateral
dorsolateral fasciculus
dorsolateral plate of neural tube
dorsolateral tract
dorsolaterally
dorsolumbar
dorsomedial
dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
dorsomedial nucleus
dorsomedial nucleus of hypothalamus
dorsosacral position
dorsoventrad
dorsoventral
dorsoventrality
dorsoventrally (current term)
dorsum
dorsum ephippii
dorsum linguae
dorsum manus
dorsum nasi
dorsum of foot
dorsum of hand
dorsum of nose
dorsum of tongue
dorsum pedis
dorsum pedis reflex
dorsum scapulae

Literary usage of Dorsoventrally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"The distal surface is flattened dorsoventrally and is variably expanded ... Distally the bone is flattened dorsoventrally, and greatly expanded medially. ..."

2. The Order Microsauria by Pamela Gaskill, Robert Lynn Carroll (1978)
"The distal surface is flattened dorsoventrally and is variably expanded ... Distally the bone is flattened dorsoventrally, and greatly expanded medially. ..."

3. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... when slits are absent, the space occupied by a plate on a line drawn dorsoventrally through the center of the plate; or, when slits are present, ..."

4. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"Its ends are saddle-shaped, the anterior end being convex dorsoventrally and concave laterally, while the posterior end is concave dorsoventrally and convex ..."

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