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quadriceps femoris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
quadri-cep-s femoris
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of four thigh muscles, including the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis muscles.

Etymology

Ellipsis of (Latin) musculus quadriceps femoris.

Inflected Forms

quadriceps femores (plural)

Synonyms

quadriceps quads quadriceps of the thigh musculus quadriceps femoris quad

Questions

What does quadriceps femoris mean?
A group of four thigh muscles, including the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis muscles.
Where does quadriceps femoris come from?
Ellipsis of (Latin) musculus quadriceps femoris.

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