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dorsoventral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
dorsoven-tral
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and front of something.

adj

Along an axis from back to front.

Etymology

From dorso- + ventral.

Inflected Forms

more dorsoventral (comparative) most dorsoventral (superlative)

Derived Forms

dorsoventrally

Questions

What does dorsoventral mean?
Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and front of something.
Where does dorsoventral come from?
From dorso- + ventral.

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