rectus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of rectus
1695–1705; < New Latin rēctus ( musculus ) straight (muscle)
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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 superior oblique originates at the posterior orbit, near the origin of the four rectus muscles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The MLF allows for conjugate gaze, or the movement of the eyes in the same direction, during horizontal movements that require the lateral and medial rectus muscles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Both are supplied by the abducens nerve, together with the rectus externus muscle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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
Man's will is only such a rule as is ruled by higher rules, and it must be known to be norma recta before it can be to us norma recti.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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