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back (s) (noun), backs (pl)
The dorsal surface (topline) of a dog: The back of a dog usually extends from the withers (highest part of the back at the base of the neck) to the end of the rib cage.
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Medical Orientation Words with Reference to the Body
(there are certain anatomic terms which present various situations; for example, a body part may be horizontal, as opposed to vertical; in front as opposed to being behind or at the back; above as opposed to being under, etc.)
Medicine, Leeching for Health +
(leeches are bleeding their way back into the good graces of modern medical treatment as healers just as they did in ancient societies)
Word Entries containing the term: “back”
back dropping through withers (s) (noun) (no pl)
A topline similar to a hollow back but affecting only the front section immediately behind the withers: The back dropping through withers describes the dips and sags just behind the shoulder blade of a dog.
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