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    LATERAL RECTUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outwardplay

    Synonyms:

    abducens muscle; lateral rectus; lateral rectus muscle; rectus lateralis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("lateral 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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