Rectus

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  • noun. Any of various straight muscles, as of the abdomen, eye, neck, and thigh.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A straight muscle.
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  • noun. Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
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  • noun. 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  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abdominis  adsensus  autologous  brachial  dentatis  
    variant
    recti-  
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