Definitions for sartorius

sartorius sar·to·ri·us

Spelling: [sahr-tawr-ee-uh s, -tohr-]
IPA: /sɑrˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-/

Sartorius is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 351 anagrams from letters in sartorius (aiorrsstu).

Definitions for sartorius

noun

  1. a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.

Origin of sartorius

1695-1705; New Latin sartōrius, adj. derivative of Late Latin sartor tailor; see -tory1

Examples for sartorius

The spot where it goes under the sartorius is the one selected for the application of the ligature.

Baker and sartorius, and the other English officers, remained on shore to superintend the embarkation.

In the ox and the horse the sartorius is still more definitely situated on the internal surface of the thigh.

The sartorius is one of the fleshy landmarks of the thigh, as the biceps is of the arm, and the sterno-cleido-mastoid of the neck.

I then went into the cabin and ordered breakfast, to prevent further discussion until the arrival of Captain sartorius.

This was occupied by sartorius with 600 blacks, the remainder returning into camp.

The famous tailor-bird (Orthotomus sartorius) is the best known of the warblers distinguished on account of architectural skill.

The sartorius and gracilis are displaced backwards, so that they descend behind instead of on the medial side of the knee.

So our sartorius, from general of an army, thus became a Genoese banker.

sartorius and the surviving English officers formed a cordon across the narrow neck of land.

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