quadriceps

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quadriceps - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

quadriceps - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  quadriceps
      n 1: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn:
           quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris
           , quad]