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    recti
    noun
    plural of rectus.
  • recti-
    recti-
    a combining form meaning “right,” “straight,” used in the formation of compound words.

recti

1 American  
[rek-tahy] / ˈrɛk taɪ /

noun

  1. plural of rectus.


recti- 2 American  
  1. a combining form meaning “right,” “straight,” used in the formation of compound words.

    rectilinear.


recti 1 British  
/ ˈrɛktaɪ /

noun

  1. the plural of rectus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

recti- 2 British  

combining form

  1. straight or right

    rectilinear

    rectangle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of recti-

< Latin rēcti-, combining form of rēctus right

Example Sentences

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She is still struggling with a severe case of diastasis recti, which is the separation of the abdominal muscles and affects her core strength.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2021

Gunderson developed a severe case of diastasis recti during her pregnancy, which left a 9-centimeter separation of her "six-pack" muscles in her stomach that was big enough for a fist to fit through.

From Fox News Jul. 22, 2021

Gunderson developed a severe case of diastasis recti during her pregnancy, which left a 9-centimeter separation of her “six-pack” muscles in her stomach that was big enough for a fist to fit through.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2021

Is her diastasis recti responding to treatment by getting smaller and shallower, or staying the same?

From Washington Post Dec. 14, 2018

This harmony would probably have been impaired by any considerable inequality in the distances between the points of insertion of the recti muscles, or in the strength of the antagonists.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker

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