musculature
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French musculature.
Noun
musculature (countable and uncountable, plural musculatures)
- The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
- The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.
Translations
collection of muscles
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French
Etymology
Learned formation from the root of Latin musculus (whence French muscle) + -ture.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mys.ky.la.tyʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
musculature f (plural musculatures)
- musculature
Further reading
- “musculature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.