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Definition of Gluteus maximus
1. Noun. The outermost of the three gluteal muscles.
Definition of Gluteus maximus
1. Noun. The largest of the muscles of each buttock. ¹
2. Noun. (context: colloquial humorous) The buttocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Gluteus maximus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gluteus Maximus
Literary usage of Gluteus maximus
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)
"gluteus maximus. Obturator internus. Gluteus minimus. Gemellus inferior. ...
The gluteus maximus (Fig. 256), the most superficial muscle in the gluteal ..."
2. 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, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"Glutens Maximus—The gluteus maximus arises from the ilium, the vertebral aponeurosis,
... The gluteus maximus is inserted into the third trochanter, ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"The spread-out fibres of gluteus maximus which were inserted into the fascia of
the thigh, ... gluteus maximus in all true monkeys is thin and flat, and, ..."
5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1908)
"Now proceed to clean the gluteus maximus muscle. If it is the right limb, ...
gluteus maximus.—-This powerful muscle arises (i) from a narrow, ..."
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