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dorsomedial

adjective

dorsomedial is spelled D-O-R-S-O-M-E-D-I-A-L: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dorsomedial means “Both dorsal and medial in location; thus, central and toward the back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in dorsomedial?

Letters11: D-O-R-S-O-M-E-D-I-A-L
In writingabout once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is dorsomedial?

Dorsomedial appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of dorsomedial

  • more dorsomedial comparative
  • most dorsomedial superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dorsomedial mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

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

    a dorsomedial incision

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does dorsomedial come from?

From dorso- + medial.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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