musculus obliquus externus abdominis

1. 1.

   a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

   Synonymsexternal oblique muscleabdominal external oblique muscleoblique

   Broaderabdominal

Questions about musculus obliquus externus abdominis

What does musculus obliquus externus abdominis mean?

musculus obliquus externus abdominis means "a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso".

What is another word for musculus obliquus externus abdominis?

Close synonyms include external oblique muscle, 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 musculus obliquus externus abdominis a common word?

musculus obliquus externus abdominis 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.