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Definition: Quadriceps |
QuadricepsNoun1. A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Quadriceps \Quad"ri*ceps\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression qyattuor four caput head.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: QuadricepsSynonyms: musculus quadriceps femoris (n), quad (n), quadriceps femoris (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Quadriceps |
| English words defined with "quadriceps": knee jerk ♦ Quadricipital. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "quadriceps": Femoral Neuropathy ♦ Patellar Ligament. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Quadriceps" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (quads). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I tear my quadriceps all the time! (Raw Is War; writing credit: Brian Gewirtz; Paul Heyman) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : Double shoes for light resistive quadriceps exercise. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Quadriceps" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quadriceps" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "quadriceps": musculus quadriceps femoris ♦ quadriceps femoris. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "quadriceps"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | четырехглавая мышца, квадрицепс. (various references) | |
Spanish | cuadriceps, cuadríceps. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чотириголовий м'яз. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quadriceps": quadricepses. (additional references) | |
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"Quadriceps" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Quadracci, quadricep, quadricept, quadries. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "quadriceps" (pronounced kwÄ"druse'ps) |
| 4 | -s e' p s | biceps, triceps. |
| 3 | -e' p s | doorsteps, footsteps, sidesteps. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-p-q-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: acquired, acquires, peracids, quadrics, queridas, upraised. | |
-3 letters: acquire, apercus, aspired, auspice, caiques, casqued, cirques, crisped, cruised, crusade, despair, diapers, peracid, praised, quadric, querida, radices, redcaps, residua, saucier, scarped, scauper, scraped, scrapie, sidecar, spacier, spruced, squared, squired, updries, upraise. | |
-4 letters: adieus, aiders, apercu, apices, aspire, cadres, caique, cairds, capers, capris, capsid, caried, caries, carped. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-p-q-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: quadricepses. | |
+3 letters: quadriplegics, quasiperiodic. | |
+4 letters: quadruplicates. | |
+5 letters: quadruplicities. | |
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