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latissimus dorsi
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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.
[New Latin ltissimus dors : Latin ltissimus, superlative of ltus, wide + Latin dors, genitive of dorsum, back.]
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Noun1.latissimus dorsilatissimus dorsi - a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
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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"


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We observe hierarchy-display behavior, both dominant (Charlie, who "showed the room his omnipotent deltoids and latissimi dorsi, which bulged beneath his shirt") and submissive (Martha's milquetoast escort, dissolving when they run into Charlie-"a big submissive grin came over his face, and he began blurting out pleasantries").
TOM WOLFE, MATERIAL BOY by Cooper, Rand Richards / Commonweal
After removal of one of the two latissimi dorsi, which stretch down the sides of the torso, "a person would have problems on crutches, but otherwise there'd be little noticeable effect,' Stephenson says.
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