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PLATYSMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does platysma mean?
• PLATYSMA (noun)
The noun PLATYSMA has 1 sense:
1. either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve; extends from lower jaw to clavicle and is involved in moving the mouth and jaw
Familiarity information: PLATYSMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve; extends from lower jaw to clavicle and is involved in moving the mouth and jaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("platysma" is a kind of...):
facial muscle (any of the skeletal muscles of the face)
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