lateral rectus muscle

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   the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward

   Synonymsabducens musclelateral rectusrectus lateralis

   Broaderocular muscle

Questions about lateral rectus muscle

What does lateral rectus muscle mean?

lateral rectus muscle means "the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward".

What is another word for lateral rectus muscle?

Close synonyms include abducens muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis. 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 lateral rectus muscle a common word?

lateral rectus 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.