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gluteo-

Before a vowel glut-.

The buttocks.

Greek gloutos, buttock.

Gluteus (plural glutei) is the name given to any of the three large muscles in each buttock which move the thigh, for which the related adjective is gluteal; gluteofemoral refers to the buttock and thigh considered together.

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