gluteus

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Okay, let me give it its proper name: the pyriformis-gluteus stretch.

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  1. noun Any of the three large muscles of each buttock, especially the gluteus maximus, that extend, abduct, and rotate the thigh.

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  • And then the third day I won't be able to stand up unless I haul myself there with my arms, because my gluteus muscles will be in agony from trying to hold my hip joints together on that nice walk. —  WordPress.com News
  • Never met one personally but I think they should stick their pointy hats up their gluteus maximus. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • Of course such a device would be required to carry a UL label to advise the operator that extended use may cause one's gluteus maximus to tingle. —  All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
  • Okay, let me give it its proper name: the pyriformis-gluteus stretch. —  A Twist of Word and Mind
  • "You burn more calories because you're working the hamstrings and the gluteus maximus," two areas only minimally affected by the short range of motion on stair machines. —  Whole Life Times
 

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  1. New Latin glūteus, from Greek gloutos, buttock.
 

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/glukˈtius/
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