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RECTUS LATERALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rectus lateralis mean?
• RECTUS LATERALIS (noun)
The noun RECTUS LATERALIS has 1 sense:
1. the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
Familiarity information: RECTUS LATERALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
abducens muscle; lateral rectus; lateral rectus muscle; rectus lateralis
Hypernyms ("rectus lateralis" is a kind of...):
eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)
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