quadriceps

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

noun

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

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