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 Definitions of quadriceps  [ˌsɛp sɪz]  

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Definition of 'quadriceps' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) quadriceps
a large, four-part muscle at the front of the thigh that extends the leg or bends it at the hip joint.

Etymology:  (1830–40; < NL, =quadri-quadri - +-ceps; see biceps)

Definition of 'quadriceps' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad
a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg


Definition of 'quadriceps' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) quadriceps
the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee



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