lumbricalis

[luhm-bri-key-lis]

noun

Anatomy.

plural

lumbricales 

1. lumbrical.

lumbricalis

/ ˈlʌmbrɪkəl, ˌlʌmbrɪˈkeɪlɪs /

noun

1. anatomy any of the four wormlike muscles in the hand or foot

Other Word Forms

• lumbrical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumbricalis¹

First recorded in 1695–1705, lumbricalis is from the New Latin word lumbrīcālis

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumbricalis¹

C18: New Latin, from Latin lumbrīcus worm

Example Sentences

Musculus lumbricalis.—Semitendinous throughout its length, this muscle arises from the ossified tendon of the m. flexor digitorum longus at a point immediately proximal to the branching of this tendon.

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Another, a peculiar worm-like form, lives underground in damp earth and under stones—Typhlops lumbricalis.

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