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

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Etymology

Origin of latissimus dorsi

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

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Example Sentences

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latissimus dorsi

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

The Yankees won 103 games last season without Severino, who dealt with a shoulder ailment and a mysterious latissimus dorsi injury.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 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

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