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glu⋅teus max⋅i⋅mus

  [mak-suh-muhs]
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–noun, plural glutei max⋅i⋅mi  [mak-suh-mahy] .
1. the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
2. Facetious. the buttocks.
Origin:
1900–05; < NL: largest gluteus
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gluteus max·i·mus   (māk'sə-məs)   
n.   pl. glutei max·i·mi (māk'sə-mī')
The largest and outermost gluteus.

[New Latin glūteus maximus : glūteus, gluteus + maximus, largest.]
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Main Entry: gluteus max·i·mus
Pronunciation: -'mak-s&-m&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural glutei max·i·mi /-s&-"mI/
: the outermost of the three muscles in each buttock that arises from the sacrum, coccyx, back part of the ilium and adjacent structures, that is inserted into thefascia lata of the thigh and the gluteal tuberosity of the femur, and that acts to extend and laterally rotate the thigh
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