musculature
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French musculature.
Noun
editmusculature (countable and uncountable, plural musculatures)
- The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
- The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.
Translations
editcollection of muscles
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French
editEtymology
editLearned formation from the root of Latin musculus (whence French muscle) + -ture.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmusculature f (plural musculatures)
Further reading
edit- “musculature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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