musculature

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French musculature.

Noun[edit]

musculature (countable and uncountable, plural musculatures)

  1. The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
  2. The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.

Translations[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned formation from the root of Latin musculus (whence French muscle) + -ture.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mys.ky.la.tyʁ/
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Noun[edit]

musculature f (plural musculatures)

  1. musculature

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