latissimus dorsi

American  

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

noun

Anatomy.

• latissimi dorsi
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• latissimi dorsi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of latissimus dorsi

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

Example Sentences

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latissimus dorsi

He was diagnosed with inflammation in the latissimus dorsi near the shoulder during spring training and has yet to pitch for the Mariners.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

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

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

It is given off from the latissimus dorsi, near the insertion of the latter into the humerus; it accompanies the long head of the triceps and becomes fused with it.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer