Splenius Definition

splēnē-əs
splenius
noun
Either of two large, flat muscles at the back of the neck, serving to rotate and extend the head and rotate and flex the neck.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • splenius muscle

Origin of Splenius

  • New Latin splēnius from Latin splēnium patch, plaster (from its shape) from Greek splēnion from splēn spleen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek σπληνίον (splÄ“nion).

    From Wiktionary

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