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gluteal

[ gloo-tee-uhl, gloo-tee-uhl ]

adjective

, Anatomy.
  1. pertaining to the buttock muscles or the buttocks.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gluteal1

First recorded in 1795–1805; glute(us) + -al 1

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Example Sentences

The gluteal muscles, closely held together, form a firm support for the body without injuring any of the vital organs.

In Man and the Anthropoid Apes the pelvis is very large and wide, and the ilium has much expanded iliac and gluteal surfaces.

Three or four days after an intra-muscular injection there may be pain and stiffness in the gluteal region.

Wound of entrance, over gluteal prominence on a transverse line through the great trochanter.

In this series the caffein was injected into the gluteal muscles.

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