digastricus

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin digastricus, ellipsis of mūsculus digastricus (digastric muscle). Doublet of digastric.

Pronunciation

Noun

digastricus (plural digastrici)

  1. (anatomy) Synonym of digastric muscle.

References

Latin

Etymology

From di- (twice, doubly) +‎ gastricus (gastric).

Pronunciation

Adjective

digastricus (feminine digastrica, neuter digastricum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) digastric
    musculus digastricusdigastric muscle

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • English: digastric, digastricus