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QUADRATUS

\kwˈɒdɹatəs], \kwˈɒdɹatəs], \k_w_ˈɒ_d_ɹ_a_t_ə_s]\

Definitions of QUADRATUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A name given to several muscles which are more or less square in shape; see under musculus.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A square; applied to muscles resembling a square.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

In anat., applied to certain muscles from their shape, as quadratus femoris.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The name of several muscles, e.g. quadratus femoris.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Latin] The name of several muscles, e.g. quadratus femoris (anat.).

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

A name for muscles whose figure approaches a square. Depressor Labii inferioris, Quadratus femoris.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

[Latin] Square or oblong; as Lobus q.
[Latin] An oblong muscle; as Q. lumborum (square muscle of the loin), Q. femoris, Q. menti, Q. plantae.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Quadrate, e. g., a quadrate muscle.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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