platysma

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve

2. 2
   noun

   A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.

Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”).

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