gluteus

glu·te·us  (glt-s, gl-t-)

n. pl. glu·te·i (glt-, gl-t)

Any of the three large muscles of each buttock, especially the gluteus maximus, that extend, abduct, and rotate the thigh.

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[New Latin glteus, from Greek gloutos, buttock.]

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glute·al adj.

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gluteus or glutaeus

Noun

any of the three muscles of the buttock [Greek gloutos rump]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gluteus - any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh glute, gluteal muscle, gluteus muscle skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump gluteus maximus - the outermost of the three gluteal muscles gluteus medius - the middle of the three gluteal muscles gluteus minimus - the innermost of the three gluteal muscles