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Quadriceps

see synonyms of quadriceps

Noun

1. musculus quadriceps femoris, quad, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris

a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quadriceps

see synonyms of quadriceps
noun plural -cepses (-ˌsɛpsɪz) or -ceps
anatomy
a large four-part muscle of the front of the thigh, which extends the leg
. Often shortened to: quads

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Quadriceps

see synonyms of quadriceps
noun
a muscle with four heads, or points of origin; esp., the large muscle at the front of the thigh, which extends the leg

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quadriceps

see synonyms of quadriceps
n.
The large four-part extensor muscle at the front of the thigh.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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