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quadriceps

Noun

quad=ri=ceps

WORDNET DICTIONARY

quadriceps(n = noun.body) musculus quadriceps femoris, quad, quadriceps femoris - a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg; Array

is a kind of extensor, extensor muscle

is a part of thigh

quadriceps, n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.].

The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. [1913 Webster]

quadriceps, n. Anat. a four-headed muscle at the front of the thigh.

Etymology

mod.L (as QUADRI-, BICEPS)

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