noun
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Meanings
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noun
the muscles of a body or body part considered together, especially their arrangement and development
The scan revealed how the animal's powerful shoulder musculature supported its forelimbs.
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Etymology
Borrowed in the nineteenth century from French musculature, built on Latin musculus, 'muscle,' literally 'little mouse.' The term names the muscular system or its structural arrangement.