gluteus

[ gloo-tee-uhs, gloo-tee- ]

/ ˈglu ti əs, gluˈti- /

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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.

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Origin of gluteus

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

Words nearby gluteus

gluteofemoral, gluteofemoral bursa, gluteoinguinal, glutes, glutethimide, gluteus, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, glutinant, glutinous

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How to use gluteus in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
The rod is straight while the body follows the curves of the vertebral column and the gluteus muscles.
Pedagogical Anthropology|Maria Montessori
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

Carlsson did not find a femoral nerve supply for M. gluteus profundus.
Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in|E. Bruce Holmes
Wilcox , studying a loon, did not find any peroneal supply to M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis or to M. gluteus profundus.
Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in|E. Bruce Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for gluteus

gluteus

glutaeus

/ (ɡlʊˈtiːəs) /

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 forms of gluteus

gluteal or glutaeal, adjective

Word Origin for gluteus

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

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Medical definitions for gluteus

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.