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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
quadriceps
noun
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▪ Everyone can see this muscle on the thigh, the quadriceps.
▪ Front squats also place more emphasis on the quadriceps.
▪ I feel the rush of panic, my quadriceps flexing for flight.
▪ Their leading scorer, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, suffered a bruised right quadriceps against Seattle on Wednesday and missed the game.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quadriceps

Quadriceps \Quad"ri*ceps\, n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
quadriceps

1840, see quadricep.

Wiktionary
quadriceps

n. (context anatomy English) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

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quadriceps

n. a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad]

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Usage examples of "quadriceps".

Sabre-cut across the quadriceps femoris of right leg, dividing the tendinous and muscular structures.

Putting her arms across their shoulders, she allowed them to carry her out, using her legs whenever recalcitrant quadriceps allowed.

The boring mechanics of how your body works are all too clear, your lungs are sucking air to put in your blood, your heart pumps blood to your muscles, your hamstrings pull themselves short, cramping to pull your legs up behind you, your quadriceps cramp to put your knees out in front of you.