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quadriceps |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadriceps \Quad"ri*ceps\, n. [NL., fr L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quadriceps n : a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: {quadriceps femoris}, {musculus quadriceps femoris}, {quad}]
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