Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quadriceps"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quadriceps \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quadriceps
n : a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: {quadriceps
femoris}, {musculus quadriceps femoris}, {quad}]
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