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sartorius definition

sar·to·rius (sär tō′rē əs, -tôr′ē-)

noun

a narrow muscle of the thigh, the longest in the human body, that passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the cross-legged position

Etymology: ModL < LL sartor, a tailor (see sartor): in reference to the traditional cross-legged position of tailors at work

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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