latissimus dorsi

[luh-tis-uh-muhs dawr-sahy]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Anatomy.

latissimi dorsi

a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.

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< New Latin: literally, the broadest (muscle) of the back

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He was diagnosed with inflammation in the latissimus dorsi near the shoulder during spring training and has yet to pitch for the Mariners.

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The latissimus dorsi was starting to tighten with discomfort.

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Wallen also revealed that he injured his latissimus dorsi in Australia and has been “trying to work through that quietly.”

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He was sidelined between July 31 and Sept. 21 by a strained right latissimus dorsi muscle.

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The platelet-rich plasma injection was used to treat a strained latissimus dorsi on his right side.

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