‖ rhomboideus
(rɒmˈbɔɪdɪəs)
Pl. -ei (-ɪaɪ).
[mod.L. (sc. mūsculus), f. rhomboīdēs: see prec.]
Used attrib. (with muscle) or absol.: Either of two muscles connecting the spinous process of the last cervical and first dorsal vertebræ with the scapula.
| 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 370/1 The rhomboidei form a broad thin plane. 1871 W. A. Hammond Dis. Nervous Syst. 81 The rhomboidei..are generally in a state of relaxation. 1881 Mivart Cat 278 A small branch which goes to the rhomboideus muscle. |