SPLENIUS


Meaning of SPLENIUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsplē-nē-əs ]

noun

( plural sple·nii -nē-ˌī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin splenium plaster, compress, from Greek splēnion, from splēn

Date: 1732

: either of two flat oblique muscles on each side of the back of the neck and upper thoracic region

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