la·tis·si·mus dor·si (l -t s -ms dôrs )n. pl. la·tis·si·mi dorsi (-m  ) Either of two broad, flat, triangular muscles running from the vertebral column to the humerus. [New Latin l  tissimus dors : Latin ltissimus, superlative of ltus, wide + Latin dors, genitive of dorsum, back.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  latissimus dorsi - a broad flat muscle on either side of the backskeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes |
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