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RECTUS
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Irregular inflected form: recti
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various straight muscles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rectus" is a kind of...):
muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)
Context examples:
For example, medial rectus muscle weakness may produce this condition as the affected eye will deviate laterally upon attempted forward gaze.
(Divergent Strabismus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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