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latissimus dorsi
[ luh-tis-uh-muhs dawr-sahy ]
noun
, Anatomy.
, plural la·tis·si·mi dor·si [l, uh, -, tis, -, uh, -mahy , dawr, -sahy].
- a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of latissimus dorsi1
< New Latin: literally, the broadest (muscle) of the back
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Example Sentences
The laceration at the latissimus dorsi muscle was then approximated with No.
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Attention was then turned on the laceration of the latissimus dorsi muscle where the missile had passed through it.
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From its wide expanse on the back it is known as the latissimus dorsi (broadest of the back).
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It is covered by the latissimus dorsi and the posterior muscular mass of the arm.
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The wound involved the latissimus dorsi, and the external and internal oblique muscles of the abdomen.
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