different between rostral vs dorsal

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st??l

Adjective

rostral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the rostrum.
2. Serving as a rostrum.

   rostral column

Antonyms

• caudal

Translations

Noun

rostral (plural rostrals)

1. A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.

French

Adjective

rostral (feminine singular rostrale, masculine plural rostraux, feminine plural rostrales)

1. rostral

Derived terms

• rostralement

Portuguese

Adjective

rostral m or f (plural rostrais, comparable)

1. (anatomy) rostral (in the direction of the rostrum)
2. rostral (serving as a rostrum)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rostral, from Latin rostralis.

Adjective

rostral m or n (feminine singular rostral?, masculine plural rostrali, feminine and neuter plural rostrale)

1. rostral

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

rostral (plural rostrales)

1. (anatomy) rostral

English

Etymology

From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dors?lis (“of or relating to the back”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??s?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s?l

Adjective

dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)

1. (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
2. (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
3. (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
4. (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
5. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
6. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Antonyms

• ventral

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (linguistics): labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal

Derived terms

• dorsal fin
• dorsally
• dorsal root
• lumbodorsal

Related terms

• endorse, indorse

Translations

Noun

dorsal (plural dorsals)

1. (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

1. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
2. (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Anagrams

• lardos

Catalan

Adjective

dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)

1. dorsal

Derived terms

• aleta dorsal

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin dorsum with adjective-forming suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.sal/

Adjective

dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)

1. dorsal

Descendants

• ? Dutch: dorsaal

Further reading

• “dorsal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???za?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Portuguese

Adjective

dorsal m or f (plural dorsais, comparable)

1. (anatomy) dorsal (of the back)
2. (anatomy) dorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)

Romanian

Etymology

From French dorsal

Adjective

dorsal m or n (feminine singular dorsal?, masculine plural dorsali, feminine and neuter plural dorsale)

1. dorsal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dors?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??sal/, [d?o??sal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dorsal (plural dorsales)

1. (anatomy) dorsal

Derived terms

• aleta dorsal
• espina dorsal
• toracodorsal

Noun

dorsal m (plural dorsales)

1. ridge

Derived terms

• dorsal ancho

Related terms

• dorso

Further reading

• “dorsal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.