SPLENIUS

Meaning of SPLENIUS in English

[ 'spli:nɪəs ]

■ noun ( plural splenii -nɪʌɪ ) Anatomy either of two muscles attached to the vertebrae in the neck and upper back which draw back the head.

Origin

C18: mod. L., from Gk splēnion 'bandage'.

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SPLENIUS — noun (plural splenii) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin splenium plaster, compress, from Greek splēnion, from splēn Date: 1732 either of …
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SPLENIUS — -nēəs noun ( plural sple·nii -nēˌī) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin splenium plaster, patch : a flat muscle of each …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPLENIUS — (n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
Английский словарь Webster
SPLENIUS — ( n. ) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPLENIUS — — splenial , adj. /splee"nee euhs/ , n. , pl. splenii /-nee uy'/ . Anat. a broad muscle on each …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPLENIUS — n. either of two flat muscles at either side of the back of the neck that turn and extend the …
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SPLENIUS — noun ( plural sple·nii -nē-ˌī) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin splenium plaster, compress, from Greek splēnion, from splēn Date: 1732 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPLENIUS — noun a flat muscle of the back of the neck.
Webster English vocab
SPLENIUS — [sple.ni.us] n, pl -nii [NL, fr. L splenium plaster, compress, fr. Gk splenion, fr. splen] (1732): either of two flat …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPLENIUS — n. (pl. splenii) Anat. either section of muscle on each side of the neck and back serving to draw back …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPLENIUS — n. (pl. splenii) Anat. either section of muscle on each side of the neck and back serving to draw back …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPLENIUS — n. (pl. splenii) Anat. either section of muscle on each side of the neck and back serving to draw back …
Oxford English vocab
SPLENIUS — n. Pronunciation: ' spl ē -n ē - ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -nii \ -n ē - …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPLENIAL — I. ˈsplēnēəl adjective Etymology: in senses 1 & 2, from New Latin spleni us + English -al; in sense 3, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPLENIAL — (a.) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.
Английский словарь Webster
SPLENIAL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPLENIAL — noun the splenial bone. 2. splenial ·adj designating the splenial bone. 3. splenial ·adj of or pertaining to the splenial …
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MUSCLE — n. 25B6; noun I've pulled a muscle. : See lists. he had muscle but no brains : STRENGTH, power, muscularity, …
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