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GLUTEUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: glutei   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh

Synonyms:

glute; gluteal muscle; gluteus; gluteus muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("gluteus" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gluteus"):

gluteus maximus (the outermost of the three gluteal muscles)

gluteus medius (the middle of the three gluteal muscles)

gluteus minimus (the innermost of the three gluteal muscles)

Holonyms ("gluteus" is a part of...):

buttock; cheek (either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump)

Derivation:

gluteal (of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles)

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