(quadriceps)
1quadriceps — [ k(w)adrisɛps ] n. m. • 1924; lat. méd. repris du lat. tardif « à quatre têtes »; cf. biceps, triceps ♦ Anat. Faisceau musculaire de l avant de la cuisse, attaché à la rotule, qui réunit les muscles vastes (crural et droit antérieur). ●… …
2quadríceps — s. m. 2 núm. [Anatomia] O mesmo que quadricípite. ‣ Etimologia: latim quadriceps, cipitis, de quatro cabeças …
3Quadriceps — Quad ri*ceps, n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. [1913 Webster] …
4quadriceps — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a large muscle at the front of the thigh. ORIGIN from Latin, four headed …
5quadriceps — [kwä′dri seps΄] n. [ModL < QUADRI + L ceps < caput, the HEAD] a muscle with four heads, or points of origin; esp., the large muscle at the front of the thigh, which extends the leg quadricipital [kwä΄drisip′i təl] adj …
6Quadriceps — Although the term quadriceps technically may refer to any four headed muscle, it usually refers to and is synonymous with the quadriceps muscle of the thigh, the large muscle that comes down the femur (the bone of the upper leg), goes over the… …
7Quadriceps — Muscle quadriceps fémoral Pour les articles homonymes, voir Quad. les muscles de la face antérieure de la cuisse …
8Quadriceps — Musculus quadriceps femoris Oberschenkelmuskulatur des Menschen von vorn, li. Bein, M. vastus intermedius dr. M. rectus femoris verdeckt Ursprung mit 4 Köpfen am Femur sowie Darmbein Ansatz …
9quadriceps — UK [ˈkwɒdrɪseps] / US [ˈkwɑdrɪˌseps] noun [countable] Word forms quadriceps : singular quadriceps plural quadriceps the large muscle on the front of your thigh …
10quadriceps — noun (plural quadriceps; also quadricepses) Etymology: New Latin quadricipit , quadriceps, from quadri + cipit , ceps (as in bicipit , biceps biceps) Date: 1840 the greater extensor muscle of the front of the thigh that is divided into four parts …