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platisma

platisma is the obsolete form of platysma.

Meaning of platysma

Noun

platysma (plural platysmas or platysmata)

  1. A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.
    Synonyms:
    shaving muscle

Forms of platisma

pluralplatismas

Questions about platisma

What is platisma the obsolete form of?
Platisma is the obsolete form of platysma.

Words near platisma in the dictionary

  1. platinumlike
  2. platinums
  3. platinumsmith
  4. platinumsmiths
  5. platinumware
  6. platisma
  7. platitude
  8. Platitude Pete
  9. platitudeness
  10. platitudes
  11. platitudinal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: platisma (page history and authors); platysma (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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