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quadricep

quadricep noun: quadriceps.

Noun

quadricep (plural quadriceps)

  1. quadriceps
    • The quadricep is a group of four muscles that extend or straighten your knee.2000, Jennifer Rhodes, Joan E. Edelstein, Peak Performance Fitness, →ISBN, page 37

Forms of quadricep

pluralquadriceps

Origin of quadricep

Back-formation from quadriceps.

Questions about quadricep

What does quadricep mean?
Quadricep means quadriceps.
What part of speech is quadricep?
Quadricep is a noun.
What is the plural of quadricep?
The plural of quadricep is quadriceps.

Words near quadricep in the dictionary

  1. quadricentenarian
  2. quadricentenarians
  3. quadricentennial
  4. quadricentennials
  5. quadricentesimal
  6. quadricep
  7. quadricephalous
  8. quadriceps
  9. quadriceps femores
  10. quadriceps femoris
  11. quadriceps tendon

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