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- Latin · borrowed frommūsculus rēctus abdōminis
- English todayrectus abdominis muscle
Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus rēctus abdōminis. Literally, “straight abdominal muscle”.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rectus abdominis muscle
Today it means: A pair of segmented skeletal muscle on the ventral aspect of a person's abdomen. Full definition →
Latin mūsculus rēctus abdōminis