sartorius

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sar=to=ri=us

CIDE DICTIONARY

sartorius, n. [NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.].

 A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sartorius, n. Anat. the long narrow muscle running across the front of each thigh.

Etymology

mod.L f. L sartor tailor (the muscle being used in adopting a tailor's cross-legged posture)