musculus
mus·cu·lus
noun
1.
one of the contractile organs of the body
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”), diminutive of mūs (“a mouse”).
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Word family
- musculus abductor digiti minimi manus
- musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis
- musculus abductor hallucis
- musculus abductor pollicis
- musculus adductor brevis
- musculus adductor hallucis
- musculus adductor longus
- musculus adductor magnus
- musculus anconeus
- musculus articularis cubiti
- musculus articularis genus
- musculus biceps brachii
- musculus biceps femoris
- musculus buccinator
- musculus deltoideus
- musculus intercostalis
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