vastus externus

noun

The vastus lateralis muscle; the largest and most powerful part of the quadriceps femoris, a group of thigh muscles.

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nounvastus externus (plural vasti externi)

plural vasti externi

  1. anatomyThe vastus lateralis muscle; the largest and most powerful part of the quadriceps femoris, a group of thigh muscles.

    The bullet didn't go deep—one muscle, vastus externus, was grazed.

    1994, Constance Garnet, transl., edited by Elizabeth Cheresh Allen, Fathers and Sons, translation of Отцы и дети (Ottsy i dety) by Ivan Turgenev, published 1862, →ISBN, page 165

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
vastus lateralis
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