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lumbrical
[ luhm-bri-kuhl ]
noun
, Anatomy.
- any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lumbrical1
1685–95; < New Latin lumbrīcālis, literally, pertaining to a worm, equivalent to Latin lumbrīc ( us ) earthworm + -ālis -al 1
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