rectus superior

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   the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially

   Synonymssuperior rectus musclesuperior rectus

   Broaderocular muscle

Questions about rectus superior

What does rectus superior mean?

rectus superior means "the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially".

What is another word for rectus superior?

Close synonyms include superior rectus muscle, superior 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 superior a common word?

rectus superior 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.