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Meaning of RECTUS

Pronunciation:  'rektus

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 Definition: [n]  any of various straight muscles
 
 See Also: muscle, musculus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rec"tus\ (-t?s), n.; pl. {Recti} (-t?). [NL., fr. L.
regere to keep straight.] (Anat.)
A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

 

 

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