RECTUS

rectus

(noun) any of various straight muscles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rectus (plural recti)

(anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.

Anagrams

• Crutes, Curets, Custer, cruets, cruset, curest, curets, eructs, recuts, truces

Source: Wiktionary


Rec"tus (-ts), n.; pl. Recti (-t. Etym: [NL., fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.)

Definition: A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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LEFT

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