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latissimus dorsi

[luh-tis-uh-muhs dawr-sahy]

noun

Anatomy.

plural

latissimi dorsi 
  1. 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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