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SERRATUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several muscles of the trunk

Synonyms:

serratus; serratus muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("serratus" 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 "serratus"):

anterior serratus muscle; musculus serratus anterior; serratus anterior; serratus magnus (muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage)

musculus serratus posterior; posterior serratus muscle; serratus posterior (skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward)

Holonyms ("serratus" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

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