EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external oblique muscle mean? 

• EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

abdominal external oblique muscle; external oblique muscle; musculus obliquus externus abdominis; oblique

Hypernyms ("external oblique muscle" is a kind of...):

ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle (the muscles of the abdomen)

 Context examples 

An opening in the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle of the abdominal wall through which the spermatic cord (males), round ligament (females), ilioinguinal nerve, and genitofemoral nerve's genital branch pass.

(External Abdominal Ring, NCI Thesaurus)