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multifidus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti-fidus
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From Latin multifidus. Doublet of multifid and multifidous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

multifidi (plural)

Questions

What does multifidus mean?
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.
Where does multifidus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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