splenius

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/ˈspliː.ni.əs/

Definition of splenius

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noun

Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.

“He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.”

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Borrowed from Latin splēnius, from splēnium (“a plaster, patch”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

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