gluteus maximus

[ mak-suh-muhs ]

/ ˈmæk sə məs /

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noun, plural glutei max·i·mi

[mak-suh-mahy]. /ˈmæk səˌmaɪ/.

the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.

Facetious. the buttocks.

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Origin of gluteus maximus

1900–05; <New Latin: largest gluteus

Words nearby gluteus maximus

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

How to use gluteus maximus in a sentence

Squats help you learn how to engage your gluteus maximus and quadriceps properly, which means you’re less likely to hurt your knees.
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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
Phasellus tristique, eros sit amet maximus tincidunt, enim massa congue nibh, non rutrum lorem ante non lectus.
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At the end of Gladiator, Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by Russell Crowe, dies.
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Another Maximus factor is the august Roman -us ending, with other names like Atticus, Cassius, Augustus and Magnus heating up.
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The Vestal virgins received especial honor, and were appointed by the Pontifex Maximus.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
The highest religious officer of the state, the pontifex maximus, was from this time on elected by the Pontifical College.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States|James Hamilton Lewis
Quintus Fabius Maximus seemed a man just passing the prime of life.
The Lion's Brood|Duffield Osborne
Maximus, the celebrated cynic philosopher and magician of Ephesus, instructed the Emperor Julian in magic.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
After the death of Julian, Maximus was nearly sacrificed by the soldiers, but his friends succeeded in saving his life.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant

Medical definitions for gluteus maximus

gluteus maximus

[ măk′sə-məs ]

A muscle with origin from the ilium, the sacrum and the coccyx, and the sacrotuberous ligament, with insertion to the iliotibial band of the broad fascia and the gluteal ridge of the femur, with nerve supply from the inferior gluteal nerve, and whose action extends the thigh.

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