HyperDic: gluteus

English > 1 sense of the word gluteus:
NOUNbodygluteus, gluteus muscle, gluteal muscle, gluteany one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh
English > gluteus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningAny one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
Synonymsgluteus muscle, gluteal muscle, glute
Part ofbuttock, cheekEither of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
Narrowergluteus maximusThe outermost of the three gluteal muscles
gluteus mediusThe middle of the three gluteal muscles
gluteus minimusThe innermost of the three gluteal muscles
Broaderskeletal muscle, striated muscleA muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton
Spanishglúteo, músculo glúteo
Catalanmúscul gluti
Adjectivesglutealof or relating to or near the gluteus muscles

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