n.
Pronunciation: ' kwä-dr ə - ˌ seps
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural quadriceps also quadriceps · es
Etymology: New Latin quadricipit-, quadriceps, from quadri- + -cipit-, -ceps (as in bicipit-, biceps biceps)
Date: 1840
: the greater extensor muscle of the front of the thigh that is divided into four parts