panniculus

[ puh-nik-yuh-luhs ]

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noun

Anatomy.

plural panniculi

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< Latin: small piece of cloth, rag, equivalent to pann ( us ) cloth, rag ( pane ) + -i- -i- + -culus -cule ¹; panicle

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Moreover, mice have a type of muscle called the panniculus carnosus, which lies between the fascia and the skin and is used to twitch the skin6.

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He deploys phrases like “causative locus,” “irremediable panniculus” and “cigar-chomping hemorrhoidal bigot.”

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�� was once a flat tummy turned into a full-blown panniculus.

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Panniculus, pa-nik′ū-lus, n. a thin, sheet-like investment.

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As we pointed out above, there is also a panniculus muscle of the shoulder and one of the neck.

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