MUSCULUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus quadriceps femoris mean? 

• MUSCULUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS has 1 sense:

1. a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculus quadriceps femoris; quad; quadriceps; quadriceps femoris

Hypernyms ("musculus quadriceps femoris" is a kind of...):

extensor; extensor muscle (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)

Holonyms ("musculus quadriceps femoris" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)