WordNet
external oblique muscle
n. a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso [syn: musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique]
Usage examples of "external oblique muscle".
He said I shouldn't have had three crushed ribs, a rupture of the external oblique muscle, liver hemorrhages, and a perforation from a piece of rib bone in the bottom of the left lung.