"oblique muscle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oblique muscles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} oblique muscle (plural oblique muscles)
  1. (anatomy) A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles, applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball. Categories (topical): Muscles Synonyms: oblique [ellipsis], obliquus Derived forms: internal oblique muscle Translations (muscle): 斜肌 (xié jī) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-oblique_muscle-en-noun-WJVNNB6R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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