Usually means: Abdominal muscle, flexes and rotates.
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  1. External Oblique, External oblique: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  2. external oblique: Dictionary.com
  3. External Oblique, External oblique: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. external oblique: Wiktionary

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  1. external oblique: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. External oblique: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (External oblique)

noun:  (anatomy) Ellipsis of external oblique muscle.. [(anatomy) A flat muscle on each side that form the outer layer of the lateral walls of the abdomen, that have aponeuroses extending medially to ensheathe the rectus muscles and fusing in the midventral line in the linea alba, and that act to compress the abdominal contents and to assist in expelling the contents of various visceral organs (as in urination, defecation, parturition, and expiration).]

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