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RECTUS SUPERIOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially
Synonyms:
rectus superior; superior rectus; superior rectus muscle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rectus superior" is a kind of...):
eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)