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RECTUS INFERIOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rectus inferior mean?
• RECTUS INFERIOR (noun)
The noun RECTUS INFERIOR has 1 sense:
1. the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially
Familiarity information: RECTUS INFERIOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
inferior rectus; inferior rectus muscle; rectus inferior
Hypernyms ("rectus inferior" 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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