Musculus

//ˈmʌ.skjʊl.əs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A muscle.
  2. 2
    one of the contractile organs of the body wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
musclemuscle

Etymology

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

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