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sartorius
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sartorius has 1 sense
- sartorius(n = noun.body) musculus sartorius, sartorius muscle - a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body; Array is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle
Derived form adjective sartorial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sartorius, n. [NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.].
A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sartorius, n. Anat. the long narrow muscle running across the front of each thigh.
Etymology
mod.L f. L sartor tailor (the muscle being used in adopting a tailor's cross-legged posture)
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