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noun
Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
any of various straight muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: muscle, musculus
History
Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).
