frontalis

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US/ˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/

noun

A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

OriginNew Latin frontālis →
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Meanings

nounfrontalis (plural frontales)

plural frontales

  1. anatomyA muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

Origin

  1. New Latinfrontālis
  2. Englishfrontalis

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 額肌 /额肌
  • 額肌 /额肌 (éjī)muscle
Italian frontale, muscolo frontale
  • frontalemuscle
  • muscolo frontalemuscle
Spanish frontal, músculo frontal
  • frontalmuscle
  • músculo frontalmuscle

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with frontalis

chehalistemporalisansa cervicalislingualismentalisnasalisoccipitalisoccipitofrontalisorbitalisvocalis
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Anagrams

Alfriston
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APA

frontalis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontalis

MLA

“frontalis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontalis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontalis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontalis.

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