external oblique muscle

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   a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

   Synonymsmusculus obliquus externus abdominisabdominal external oblique muscleoblique

   Broaderabdominal

Questions about external oblique muscle

What does external oblique muscle mean?

external oblique muscle means "a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso".

What is another word for external oblique muscle?

Close synonyms include musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is external oblique muscle a common word?

external oblique muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.