Definitions of latissimus dorsi
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a broad flat muscle on either side of the backsynonyms: lattype of:skeletal muscle, striated musclea 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
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