QUADRICEPS


Meaning of QUADRICEPS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwä-drə-ˌseps ]

noun

( 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

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