quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad
(noun) a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
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Source: Wiktionary
Quad"ri*ceps, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.)
Definition: The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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