GLUTEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gluteal mean? 

• GLUTEAL (adjective)
  The adjective GLUTEAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles

  Familiarity information: GLUTEAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLUTEAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

gluteus (any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh)

Derivation:

gluteus (any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh)

 Context examples 

One of the three lymph nodes of the pelvis: the superior gluteal, interior gluteal or sacral.

(Iliac Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the three gluteal muscles on the lateral surface of the pelvic bone that abducts and rotates the thigh located on the left side of the body.

(Left Gluteus Medius, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the three gluteal muscles on the lateral surface of the pelvic bone that abducts and rotates the thigh.

(Gluteus Medius, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of the fleshy mounds in the rear pelvic area of the human body formed by the gluteal muscles.

(Buttock, NCI Thesaurus)