latissimus dorsi

American  

[luh-tis-uh-muhs dawr-sahy] / ləˈtɪs ə məs ˈdɔr saɪ /

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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Etymology

Origin of latissimus dorsi

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

Example Sentences

Wallen also revealed that he injured his latissimus dorsi in Australia and has been “trying to work through that quietly.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

After signing a $40 million, four-year contract in February 2019, Severino strained his latissimus dorsi muscle and didn’t make his first start that year until Sept. 17.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

The shark bite shattered his humerus in his upper arm and left him with several back injuries: torn rotator cuff, fractured scapula and missing parts of his deltoid and latissimus dorsi muscles.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

Last season, Severino made only three regular-season starts, plus two more in the postseason, because of a shoulder ailment and a mysterious latissimus dorsi injury.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020

"The sympathy I offer is genuine: it is not only from the heart, it is from the latissimus dorsi" he continued, seating himself with a cavernous groan.

From The Guest of Quesnay by Tarkington, Booth