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latissimus

latissimus is the ellipsis of latissimus dorsi.

Meaning of latissimus dorsi

Noun

latissimus dorsi (plural latissimi dorsi)

  1. A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.

Forms of latissimus

plurallatissimi

Origin of latissimus

Borrowed from Latin lātissimus.

Phrases with latissimus

Questions about latissimus

What is latissimus the ellipsis of?
Latissimus is the ellipsis of latissimus dorsi.

Words near latissimus in the dictionary

  1. latiseptate
  2. latish
  3. Latisha
  4. latissimi
  5. latissimi dorsi
  6. latissimus
  7. latissimus dorsi
  8. latisternal
  9. latitancy
  10. latitant
  11. latitat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: latissimus (page history and authors); latissimus dorsi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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