lumbrical

[ luhm-bri-kuhl ]

nounAnatomy.
  1. any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.

Origin of lumbrical

1
1685–95; <New Latin lumbrīcālis, literally, pertaining to a worm, equivalent to Latin lumbrīc(us) earthworm + -ālis-al1

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