Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ge·mel·lusPronunciation:
j&-'me-l&s Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural ge·mel·li /-"lI/ also ge·mel·lus·es : either of two small muscles of the hip that insert into the tendon of the obturator internus:
a : a superior oneoriginating chiefly from the outer surface of the ischial spine called also
gemellus superior b : an inferior one originating chiefly from the ischial tuberosity called also
gemellus inferior
