gluteus
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Origin of gluteus
1675–85; < New Latin < Greek glout ( ós ) the rump + Latin -eus adj. suffix
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Vital for optimal movement and athletic performance, the gluteus maximus is the largest, most powerful muscle in the human body.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2023
The team initially faced the species, designated gluteus morticus, during a first-season rescue mission to retrieve a teammate from a secret prison called the Ant Farm.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2022
He has missed five games with what the Lakers have called a bruised gluteus maximus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2020
Decker says training the gluteus muscles in the buttocks may be the key.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2016
By the time he slashed, Hazel had ducked between his legs and jabbed her Imperial gold blade into his gluteus maximus.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
With Collins nursing hip and glutei injuries up on the sideline, the Seahawks relied on third- and fourth-string running backs DeeJay Dallas and Travis Homer late in the fourth quarter and overtime.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
It took Goodheart years to ferret out the connections: the shoulders' deltoids map to the lungs; glutei maximi in the butt to the prostate; and the psoas that run through the groin to kidneys.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trouble with your generation was that all they wanted to do was sit around on their glutei maximi and be entertained.
From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert
It appears, that in those wonderful days the devil usually wore a black gown, with a black hat; and it was observed that, whenever he was preaching, his glutei muscles were as cold as ice.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
It is the thickest of the glutei, and gives to the region which it occupies a rounded form.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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