rectus lateralis

1. 1.

   the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward

   Synonymsabducens musclelateral rectus musclelateral rectus

   Broaderocular muscle

Questions about rectus lateralis

What does rectus lateralis mean?

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

What is another word for rectus lateralis?

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

rectus lateralis 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.