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platysma

/pləˈtɪz.mə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
platys-ma
IPA
/pləˈtɪz.mə/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: platysma, πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ

Inflected Forms

platysmas (plural) platysmata (plural)

Derived Forms

platysmal

Synonyms

shaving muscle

Questions

How do you pronounce platysma?
The recorded pronunciation is /pləˈtɪz.mə/.
What does platysma mean?
A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.
Where does platysma come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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