dorsalis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === dorsuālis === Etymology === From dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɔrˈsaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [dorˈsaː.lis] === Adjective === dorsālis (neuter dorsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin) dorsal; of or pertaining to the back Antonym: ventrālis ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== dorsuālia ==== Descendants ==== === References === “dorsualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press