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glu·te·us

(glo͞o′tē-əs, glo͞o-tē′-)

n. pl. glu·te·i (glo͞o′tē-ī′, glo͞o-tē′ī′)

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

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

glu′te·al adj.

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gluteus

(ɡlʊˈtiːəs) or

glutaeus

n, pl -tei or -taei (-ˈtiːaɪ)

(Anatomy) any one of the three large muscles that form the human buttock and move the thigh, esp the gluteus maximus

[C17: from New Latin, from Greek gloutos buttock, rump]

gluˈteal, gluˈtaeal adj

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glu•te•us

(ˈglu ti əs, gluˈti-)

n., pl. -te•i (-tiˌaɪ, -ˈti aɪ)

any of the three muscles of each buttock, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh, esp. the gluteus maximus.

[1675–85; < New Latin < Greek glout(ós) the rump + Latin -eus adj. suffix]

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Noun

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

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gluteus

[gluːˈtiːəs] N (glutei (pl)) [gluːˈtiːaɪ] → glúteo m

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gluteus

n glúteo

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