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vastus

US/ˈvæs.təs/

vastus noun: one of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.

Noun

vastus (plural vasti)

  1. One of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.

vastus meaning in Tamil

vastus in Tamil

பெருந்தொடைத்தசை

Forms of vastus

pluralvasti

Origin of vastus

From Latin vastus (“vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous”). Doublet of vast.

Words formed from vastus

Questions about vastus

What does vastus mean?
Vastus means one of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.
What is vastus in Tamil?
Vastus in Tamil is பெருந்தொடைத்தசை. See Vastus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vastus?
Vastus is a noun.
How do you pronounce vastus?
Vastus is pronounced /ˈvæs.təs/ (US).
What is the plural of vastus?
The plural of vastus is vasti.

Words near vastus in the dictionary

  1. vastoadductor
  2. vastrap
  3. vastraps
  4. vasts
  5. vastu
  6. vastus
  7. vastus externus
  8. vastus lateralis
  9. vasty
  10. Vasu
  11. Vasudeva

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vastus (page history and authors); vastus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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