dorsomedial

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adjective

Both dorsal and medial in location; thus, central and toward the back

“a dorsomedial incision”

OriginEnglish medial ← Latin mediālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectivedorsomedial (comparative more dorsomedial, superlative most dorsomedial)

comparative more dorsomedial · superlative most dorsomedial

  1. medicineBoth dorsal and medial in location; thus, central and toward the back

    a dorsomedial incision

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dorsomedian

Origin

  1. Englishdorso-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*me
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  5. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  6. Proto-Italic*meðios
  7. Latinmedius
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Latinmediālis
  11. Englishmedial
  12. Englishdorsomedial

From dorso- + medial.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dorsomedial

remedialmedialventromedialalligation medialantemedialanteromedialantimedialbasomedialbimedialbuccomedialcaudomedialcentromedialcorticomedialcraniomedialdistomedialectomedialfrontomedialinferomedialintermediallabiomediallateromedialmesomedialmultimedialnonmedial
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Anagrams

mediodorsal
Cite this entry
APA

dorsomedial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsomedial

MLA

“dorsomedial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsomedial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorsomedial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorsomedial.

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