gluteus

[gloo-tee-uh s, gloo-tee-]

noun, plural glu·te·i

[gloo-tee-ahy, gloo-tee-ahy] /ˈglu tiˌaɪ, gluˈti aɪ/. Anatomy.

any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.

Origin of gluteus

1675–85; < New Latin < Greek glout(ós) the rump + Latin -eus adj. suffix

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Contemporary Examples of gluteus

Kardashian, ever the opportunist, no doubt surveyed the gluteus landscape and wanted in on the cultural “conversation.”
Kim Kardashian Bares Her Shiny, Bounteous Butt, Breaks the Internet
Marlow Stern
November 12, 2014

Historical Examples of gluteus

When it contracts, taking its fixed point at the pelvis, the gluteus medius extends the thigh, which it is also able to abduct.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals
douard Cuyer
As for the gluteus minimus, it is deeply situated, and more or less sharply marked off from the second of the preceding muscles.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals
douard Cuyer
The rod is straight while the body follows the curves of the vertebral column and the gluteus muscles.
Pedagogical Anthropology
Maria Montessori

British Dictionary definitions for gluteus

gluteus

glutaeus

noun plural -tei or -taei (-ˈtiːaɪ)

any one of the three large muscles that form the human buttock and move the thigh, esp the gluteus maximus

Derived Formsgluteal or glutaeal, adjective

Word Origin for gluteus

C17: from New Latin, from Greek gloutos buttock, rump

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Word Origin and History for gluteus

"buttocks muscle," 1680s, from Modern Latin glutaeus, from Greek gloutos "the rump," in plural, "the buttocks."

gluteus in Medicine

gluteus

[glōō′tē-əs, glōō-tē′-]

n. pl. glu•te•i (glōō′tē-ī′, glōō-tē′ī′)

Any of the three large muscles of each buttock, especially the gluteus maximus, that extend, abduct, and rotate the thigh.