sple·ni·us (spl  n- s)n. pl. sple·ni·i (-n -  ) Either of two muscles of the back of the neck, extending from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull, that rotate and extend the head and neck. [New Latin spl nius, from Latin splnium, patch, plaster (from its shape), from Greek splnion, from spln, spleen.]sple ni·al (-n-l) adj. |
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