LATISSIMUS DORSI


Meaning of LATISSIMUS DORSI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lə-ˈti-sə-məs-ˈdȯr-sī ]

noun

( plural la·tis·si·mi dorsi -ˌmī-)

Etymology: New Latin, literally, broadest (muscle) of the back

Date: 1684

: a broad flat superficial muscle chiefly of the middle and lower back that extends, adducts, and rotates the arm medially and draws the shoulder downward and backward

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