musculus
musculus · musculi
A muscleA muscle.
UK/ˈmʌ.skjʊl.əs/US/ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/
Meaning
1 sensesA muscle.
More definitions
- one of the contractile organs of the body
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”), diminutive of mūs (“Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”), diminutive of mūs (“a mouse”).
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Forms
plural: musculiSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- one of the contractile organs of the body:muscle
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedmusculus papillaris
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular