quadriceps
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noun \ˈkwä-drə-ˌseps\ plural quadriceps also quadriceps·es
Definition of QUADRICEPS
: the greater extensor muscle of the front of the thigh that is divided into four parts
See Examples of QUADRICEPS
- He felt a pain in his right quadriceps.
Origin of QUADRICEPS
New Latin quadricipit-, quadriceps, from quadri- + -cipit-, -ceps (as in bicipit-, biceps biceps)
First Known Use: 1840
quad·ri·ceps
noun \ˈkwäd-rə-ˌseps\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of QUADRICEPS
: a large extensor muscle of the front of the thigh divided above into four parts which include the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis, and which unite in a single tendon to enclose the patella as a sesamoid bone at the knee and insert as the patellar ligament into the tuberosity of the tibia—called also quadriceps femoris, quadriceps muscle
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