Etymology

longissimus

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Today it means: The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae. Full definition →

Latin longissimus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromlongissimus
  2. English todaylongissimus

From Latin longissimus.

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