rectus
Americannoun
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recti
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rectus
1695–1705; < New Latin rēctus ( musculus ) straight (muscle)
Example Sentences
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The diagnosis was a low-grade lesion of the rectus femoris muscle and the end of his season.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
My hands, the thin skin below my eyes, the rectus femoris muscles that connect hips to knees.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
The linea alba is a white, fibrous band that is made of the bilateral rectus sheaths that join at the anterior midline of the body.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Movements are often at an angle, so some horizontal components are necessary, adding the medial and lateral rectus muscles to the movement.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Therefore in the middle of October the internal rectus of the right eye was divided, and the conjunctiva loosened as far as the caruncle.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger
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
Many face conditions such as Clark’s diastasis recti, which one study suggested is experienced by 60 percent of women postpartum, or uterine prolapse, incontinence or generalized pain in the pelvic girdle.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
Moreover, this slight aid given by tenotomy has its ground not solely in the condition of the opposing recti muscles.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger
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