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Definition of Glute
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 Glute
1. Noun. (exercise colloquial) A gluteal muscle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glute
1. a gluteus [n -S] - See also: gluteus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glute
Literary usage of Glute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1846)
"That which belongs or relates to the nates. This name has been given to many
parts which compose the nates. glute'AI. ... glute'AL ..."
2. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"glute'AL. Belonging to the buttocks. gluteAL AR'TERY. A continuation of the
posterior internal iliac artery. gluteAL NERVE. A branch of the lumbo-sacral ..."
3. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"F. of glute'al re gion, deep. A dense fascia attached above and in the middle
line to the ... F. of glute'al region, superficial. The layer of fascia lying ..."