RECTUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: recti   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various straight muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

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 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)