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sartorius


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sartorius  \Sar*to"ri*us\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  L.  sartor  a  patcher, 
  tailor,  fr  sarcire  sartum  to  patch,  mend.]  (Anat.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sartorius 
  n  :  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  [syn:  {sartorius  muscle},  {musculus 
  sartorius}] 




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