latissimus dorsi (redirected from latissimi dorsi)

la·tis·si·mus dor·si  (l-ts-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.

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[New Latin ltissimus dors : Latin ltissimus, superlative of ltus, wide + Latin dors, genitive of dorsum, back.]

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latissimus dorsi - a broad flat muscle on either side of the back lat skeletal 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 back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"