Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 19 compound words that contain recti. The most common are listed below. Open recti in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- diastasis rectiAn abnormal gap between the abdominal muscles, sometimes caused by pregnancy or occurring in newborn children.
- inferior rectiplural of inferior rectus: One of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the inferior aspect of the sclera.
- lateral rectiplural of lateral rectus: The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.
- medial rectiplural of medial rectus: The broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.
- superior rectiplural of superior rectus: The thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera.
- casus rectiplural of casus rectus: The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
- recti casusplural of rectus casus: The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
Compound words 19
- rectiflexibleBeing straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores.
- RectigraphAn early photographic copying machine.
- rectilinealAlternative form of rectilinear: In a straight line.
- rectinervedHaving straight veins or nerves.
- rectiserialArranged in exactly vertical ranks, as leaves on stems.
- rectifierSomething that rectifies.
- rectilinearIn a straight line.
- rectifiedSimple past and past participle of rectify.
- rectitudeStraightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
- porrectiplural of porrectus: A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.