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The Latin word "mus" means mouse. Our word muscles is a good example of this as the Romas thought muscles looked like mice running under the skin and named them "musculaus" or "little mice"

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The Latin root 'mus' in English means "mouse." It is commonly found in words related to rodents and small mammals, such as "muscle" (from Latin musculus, meaning "little mouse") or "museum" (from Latin museum, meaning "seat of the Muses").

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