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RHOMBOID MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade

Synonyms:

rhomboid; rhomboid muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("rhomboid muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhomboid muscle"):

greater rhomboid muscle; musculus rhomboideus major; rhomboideus major muscle (rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column)

lesser rhomboid muscle; musculus rhomboideus minor; rhomboid minor muscle (rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward)

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