Definition of Quadreceps

Definition of Quadreceps

||Quad"ri*ceps (?), n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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