splenius

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English

Etymology

Modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σπληνίον (splēníon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

splenius (plural splenii)

  1. (anatomy) A broad muscle running up the top part of the back of the neck.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 89:
      He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.

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