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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scalene muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
scalene -mus-cle
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.

Inflected Forms

scalene muscles (plural) scalene (alternative) scalenus (alternative)

Synonyms

scalenus musculus scalenus

Questions

What does scalene muscle mean?
Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.

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