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English
Noun
oblique muscle (plural oblique muscles)
- (anatomy) A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles, applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.
- Hyponyms: external oblique muscle, inferior oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle, obliquus capitis inferior, obliquus capitis superior, superior oblique muscle
Derived terms
Translations
muscle
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 斜肌 (zh) (xié jī)
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