Definition of Gluteal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles.

Partainyms: Gluteus
Derivative terms: Gluteus

Definition of Gluteal

1. a. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus.

Definition of Gluteal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the buttocks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gluteal

1. of or pertaining to the buttock muscles [adj]

Medical Definition of Gluteal

1. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutaeus. Origin: G. Rump, pl, the buttocks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gluteal

glutathione synthetase
glutathione synthetase deficiency
glutathione transferase
glutathiones
glutathionuria
glutathionylated
glutathionylation
glutathioselenol
glutazine
glutch
glutched
glutches
glutching
glute
gluteal (current term)
gluteal artery
gluteal cleft
gluteal clefts
gluteal crest
gluteal fold
gluteal furrow
gluteal hernia
gluteal line
gluteal lymph nodes
gluteal muscle
gluteal reflex
gluteal region
gluteal ridge
gluteal surface of ilium

Literary usage of Gluteal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"329), the most superficial muscle in the gluteal region, is a very broad and ... It arises from the superior gluteal line of the ilium and the portion of ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"gluteal muscles, the glutei. See plutoni*.—Glutea! nerves, two nerves, superior and Inferior, derived from the sacral plexus, and supplying the glutei and ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Superior gluteal. Middle Hemorrhoidal. Obturator. Internal Pudendal. Inferior gluteal. Uterine ) , ., „ , Vaginal \ln ihe Female- The superior vesical ..."

4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, Allen Thomson, John G. Cleland (1867)
"The tensor muscle of the fascia lata is supplied from a different source, viz., the superior gluteal nerve. Lastly, two branches are given from the anterior ..."

5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The first two days he should devote to the study of the gluteal region ... gluteal REGION. In this region the following are the parts which will be ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"On Rupture nf the gluteal Artery.—A case of rupture of Ihe gluteal artery, ... The gluteal artery was open, as if cut with a knife, just at the level of the ..."

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