platysma C2 Topic:The Human Body US /pləˈtɪz.mə/ See IPA manual Freq #439300 Meanings 1 noun either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve 2 noun A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a superficial muscle of the... shaving muscle Etymology Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”). Topics The Human Body External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # platysma **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pləˈtɪz.mə/ **Frequency rank:** 439300 ## Meanings 1. either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve 2. A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid. ## Etymology Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”). ## Topics - The Human Body markdown