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multifidus
2 English words descend from Latin
multifidus
, most common first.
multifid
Cleft into many parts or lobes.
multifidus
A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy and tendinous fasciculi that fill up the groove on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, from the sacrum to the axis.