Meanings
adjectivedorsocervical (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the back and the neck.
Some data suggest that fat deposition at ectopic places (nape of the neck, excess dorsocervical fat; ‘buffalo hump’; excess fat below chin; ‘double chin’, liver) correlates with the metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians.
2015 November 25, “Phenotype, Body Composition, and Prediction Equations (Indian Fatty Liver Index) for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Non-Diabetic Asian Indians: A Case-Control Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dorsocervical
Michaelcyclecervicalrecycleumbilicalendocervicalbuccocervicalcostocervicalcraniocervicaldistocervicalectocervicalexocervicalextracervicalfaciocervicalintracervicallabiocervicallaterocervicallinguocervicalmidcervicalnoncervicaloccipitocervicalorocervicalparacervicalpostcervical
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