SUPERIOR RECTUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("superior rectus" is a kind of...):

eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)

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