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