RECTUS MEDIALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rectus medialis mean? 

• RECTUS MEDIALIS (noun)
  The noun RECTUS MEDIALIS has 1 sense:

1. the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially

  Familiarity information: RECTUS MEDIALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECTUS MEDIALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

medial rectus; medial rectus muscle; rectus medialis

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

eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)