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Definition of Sartorius
1. Noun. A muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Derivative terms: Sartorial
Definition of Sartorius
1. n. A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.
Definition of Sartorius
1. Noun. (anatomy) A long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sartorius
1. a flat, narrow thigh muscle [n -TORII]
Medical Definition of Sartorius
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sartorius
Literary usage of Sartorius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"In 1831 sartorius was engaged by Dom Pedro to command the Portuguese regency ...
sartorius, on different occasions, commanded the boats in bringing out ..."
2. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"sartorius, John F Painter. 1797. 145 A gentleman and dogs. ... (These six exhibits
are put to JN sartorius in the index, and to JF sartorius in the ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"If sartorius during the stormy winter months managed to keep his fleet in ...
But sartorius arrested the agents sent to supersede him ; and the Regent was ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The sartorius, the longest muscle in the body, is flat, narrow, and ribbon-like ;
it arises by tendinous fibres from the anterior superior spinous process ..."
5. Beethoven's Letters: A Critical Edition : with Explanatory Notes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Christlieb Kalischer, John South Shedlock (1909)
"To Herr von sartorius, Imperial Censor. [According to the original manuscript in
Schindler's Beethoven Papers in the Royal Library, Berlin; printed by Nohl. ..."
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