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noun
The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: abducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, rectus lateralis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ocular muscle, eye muscle
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