Definitions for gluteus

gluteus glu·te·us

Spelling: [gloo-tee-uh s, gloo-tee-]
IPA: /ˈglu ti əs, gluˈti-/

Gluteus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in gluteus (eglstuu).

Definitions for gluteus

noun

  1. any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.

Origin of gluteus

1675-85; New Latin Greek glout(ós) the rump + Latin -eus adj. suffix

Examples for gluteus

Kardashian, ever the opportunist, no doubt surveyed the gluteus landscape and wanted in on the cultural “conversation.”

The rod is straight while the body follows the curves of the vertebral column and the gluteus muscles.

As for the gluteus minimus, it is deeply situated, and more or less sharply marked off from the second of the preceding muscles.

When it contracts, taking its fixed point at the pelvis, the gluteus medius extends the thigh, which it is also able to abduct.

Word Value for gluteus
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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