oblique muscle

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oblique muscle (plural oblique muscles)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles, applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.
    Hyponyms: external oblique muscle, inferior oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle, obliquus capitis inferior, obliquus capitis superior, superior oblique muscle

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