HyperDic: lateral_rectus_muscle

English > 1 sense of the expression *lateral rectus muscle*:
NOUN	body	lateral rectus muscle, abducens muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis	the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward

English > *lateral rectus muscle*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward.
Synonyms	abducens muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis
Broader	ocular muscle, eye muscle	One of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball
Spanish	músculo recto lateral, recto lateral
Catalan	múscul recte extern de l'ull