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rectus abdominis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
rec-tus ab-do-mi-nis
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the abdomen in humans and some other mammals.

Etymology

From New Latin rectus abdominis, from Latin rēctus + abdōminis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

recti abdominis (plural)

Questions

What does rectus abdominis mean?
A paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the abdomen in humans and some other mammals.
Where does rectus abdominis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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