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musculus

mus·cu·lus

UK/ˈmʌ.skjʊl.əs/ US/ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/ uncommon

noun

1.

one of the contractile organs of the body

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”), diminutive of mūs (“a mouse”).

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