MUSCULUS ADDUCTOR MAGNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus adductor magnus mean? 

• MUSCULUS ADDUCTOR MAGNUS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS ADDUCTOR MAGNUS has 1 sense:

1. the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS ADDUCTOR MAGNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULUS ADDUCTOR MAGNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The muscle that adducts and extends the thigh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

great adductor muscle; musculus adductor magnus

Hypernyms ("musculus adductor magnus" is a kind of...):

adductor; adductor muscle (a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line)

Holonyms ("musculus adductor magnus" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)