"latissimus dorsi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: latissimi dorsi [plural]
Etymology: From Latin lātissimus (“widest, broadest”) (superlative of lātus (“wide, broad”)) + dorsī (genitive of dorsum (“the back”)). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|lātissimus||widest, broadest}} Latin lātissimus (“widest, broadest”), {{m|la|lātus||wide, broad}} lātus (“wide, broad”), {{m|la|dorsī}} dorsī, {{m|la|dorsum||the back}} dorsum (“the back”) Head templates: {{en-noun|latissimi dorsi}} latissimus dorsi (plural latissimi dorsi)
  1. (anatomy) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region. Wikipedia link: Latissimus dorsi muscle Categories (topical): Muscles Synonyms: lat. dorsi, lats Synonyms (short forms): latissimus Translations (muscle): ظَهْرِيَّة عَرِيضَة (ẓahriyya ʕarīḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), مجانص (magāniṣ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), brede rugspier (Dutch), leveä selkälihas (Finnish), großer Rückenmuskel [masculine] (German), gran dorsale [masculine] (Italian), широча́йщая мы́шца спины́ (širočájščaja mýšca spiný) [feminine] (Russian), dorsal ancho [masculine] (Spanish), breda ryggmuskeln [common-gender] (Swedish)

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