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Definition of Gluteus
1. Noun. Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Buttock, Cheek
Specialized synonyms: Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimus
Derivative terms: Gluteal
Definition of Gluteus
1. n. Same as Glutæus.
Definition of Gluteus
1. Noun. (anatomy) One of the several muscles of nates, which arises from a pelvis and inserted into a femur. ¹
2. Noun. (informal slang) Short for gluteus maximus, the large muscles in the human buttocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gluteus
1. a buttock muscle [n -TEI]
Medical Definition of Gluteus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gluteus
Literary usage of Gluteus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The gluteus maximus (Fig. 256), the most superficial muscle in the gluteal region,
is a very broad and thick, fleshy mass of a quadrilateral shape, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"... near its origin bv a vertical incision carried from its upper to its lower
border; a cellular interval will l>e ex|x>sed, separating it from the gluteus ..."
3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, John Cleland, Allen Thomson (1867)
"658 and 060), with several branches of the lumbar nerves (p. 634) ; and, piercing
the gluteus maximus muscle near its posterior attachment, ..."
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