vastus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vastus
< Latin: vast
Example Sentences
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They also took a small biopsy of each participant’s vastus lateralis muscle, which stretches down the outside of the thigh.
From Science Magazine • May 19, 2022
Ariza didn’t slide right into the top unit simply because Otto Porter Jr. remains out with a Grade II strain of the vastus medialis in his right thigh.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2018
The quadriceps femoris is made of four muscles: the rectus femoris, the vastus lateralis, the vastus medius, and the vastus intermedius, which together extend the knee.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The man who did most to open up the vistas of vastus lateralis is Andr� Courr�ges, 41, the brightest new star in the Paris firmament.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aepyornis vastus," said I. "It's funny, the very thing was mentioned to me by a friend of mine.
From The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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