"vastus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvæs.təs/ [General-American] Forms: vasti [plural]
Etymology: From Latin vastus (“vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous”). Doublet of vast. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vastus||vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous}} Latin vastus (“vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous”), {{doublet|en|vast}} Doublet of vast Head templates: {{en-noun|vasti}} vastus (plural vasti)
  1. (anatomy) One of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh. Derived forms: vastus externus, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis
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