LATERAL RECTUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward

Synonyms:

abducens muscle; lateral rectus; lateral rectus muscle; rectus lateralis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lateral rectus" is a kind of...):

eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)

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