[sple.ni.us] n, pl -nii [NL, fr. L splenium plaster, compress, fr. Gk splenion, fr. splen] (1732): either of two flat oblique muscles on each side of the back of the neck and upper thoracic region
SPLENIUS
Meaning of SPLENIUS in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012