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quadriceps
CIDE DICTIONARY
quadriceps, n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.].
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quadriceps, n. Anat. a four-headed muscle at the front of the thigh.
Etymology
mod.L (as QUADRI-, BICEPS)
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