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Lateral rectus Moderate

Lateral rectus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward

2

The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ocular muscle
Rhyming Words
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