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Gluteus

or GLUTÆUS, three prominent in man; its use is to extend partly covered by the muscle already the thigh. The second is smaller; it is mentioned, and acts when one stands.

The third is the smallest; it is covered by the second one, and acts as an abductor of the thigh. gelatine. It is obtained along with mucin by heating gluten in small fragments,

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