platysma

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

• IPA^(key): /pləˈtɪz.mə/

platysma (plural platysmas or platysmata)

1. (anatomy) A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.

   Synonym: shaving muscle

• platysmal

• “platysma”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “platysma”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫaˈtys.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [plaˈt̪iz.ma]

platysma n (genitive platysmatis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) platysma muscle

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• → English: platysma