HyperDic: lateral_rectus

English > 1 sense of the expression lateral rectus:
NOUNbodylateral rectus, abducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, rectus lateralisthe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
English > lateral rectus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward.
Synonymsabducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, rectus lateralis
Broaderocular muscle, eye muscleOne of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball
Spanishmúsculo recto lateral, recto lateral
Catalanmúscul recte extern de l'ull

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