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sple·ni·us [ splnee əss ] (plural sple·ni·i [ splnee  ])


noun 
Definition:
 
muscle on side of neck: either of two muscles on each side of the neck that reach from the base of the skull to the upper back and rotate and extend the head and neck

[Mid-18th century. Via modern Latin< Greek splēnion "bandage, compress"]

sple·ni·al adjective
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