Noun
- 1. back, dorsum, body part
- usage: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
- 2. dorsum, body part
- usage: the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part); "the dorsum of the foot"
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