splenius

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek σπληνίον (splēníon).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspliːnɪəs/

Noun

splenius (plural splenii)

  1. (anatomy) A broad muscle running up the top part of the back of the neck.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 89:
      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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