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Rectus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various straight muscles, as of the abdomen, eye, neck, and thigh.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A straight muscle.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In anatomy, one of several muscles so called from the straightness of their course, either in their own axis or in the axis of the body or part where they lie.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various straight muscles

Word Usage

"Thus, if the internal rectus is shortened, the eye turns in; if the external rectus, the eye turns out, producing what is known as "wall eye.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

muscle musculus

Cross Reference

recti capitis rectus thoracis rectus oculi externus rectus medialis oculi rectus abdominis internus rectus lateralis rectus sternalis rectus abdominis externus rectus femoris

Variant

recti-

Form

rectus in curia rectus femoris rectus abdominis rectus oculi rectus capitis

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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