Definition of Gracilis

1. a thigh muscle [n -LES]

Medical Definition of Gracilis

1. Origin, ramus of pubis near symphysis; insertion, shaft of tibia below medial tuberosity (see pes anserinus); action, adducts thigh, flexes knee, rotates leg medially; nerve supply, obturator. Synonym: musculus gracilis, gracilis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gracilis

gracelessness
gracelessnesses
graces
gracias
gracilariid
gracilariid moth
gracile
gracile fasciculus
gracile habitus
gracile lobule
gracile nucleus
gracile tubercle
gracileness
gracilenesses
graciles
gracilities
gracility
gracing
gracioso
graciosos
gracious
graciously
graciousness
graciousnesses
grackle
grackles
grad
grad-shafranov equation

Literary usage of Gracilis

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

1. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus (nucleus funiculi gracilis and nucleus ... The fibers Funiculus gracilis Nucleus gracilis Spinal traft of ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"This is due to the fact that the upper ends of the gracilis, cuneatus, ... than the gracilis, and the Rolandic column a little higher than the cuneatus. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1904)
"... gracilis are found on the shore, and these are often fairly fossiliferous. At Humble Point, south of Pinhay Cliff, we find fine masses from both zones, ..."

4. Acta Soc. Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica by Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (1894)
"024, Cladonia gracilis . hybrida ßß. tubaeformis 1. valida Flot., Lieh. Fl. Silos. ... gracilis ö. flo- ipara Del. in Dub. Bot. Gall. (1830) p. ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"gracilis. Adductor longus. Adductor magnus. Pectineus. Adductor brevis. ... The gracilis (Fig. 543) is the most superficial muscle on the medial side of the ..."

6. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1868)
"Origin of the dorsal somewhat nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the snout. 38. Leuciscus gracilis. Cyprinus (Leuciscus) gracilis. ..."

7. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"Fruit-stalks erect, taller than the stems. Leaves lanceolate, revolute, single-ribbed, serrated towards the point. Stems elongated. SYN. Bartramia gracilis. ..."

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