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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECTUS

Rec "tus (-ts ), n.; pl. Recti (-t. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. regere to keep straight. ] (Anat. )

Defn: A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

New American Oxford Dictionary

rectus

rec tus |ˈrektəs ˈrɛktəs | ▶noun ( pl. recti |-tī | ) Anatomy any of several straight structures, in particular: • (also rectus abdominis |abˈdämənis |) each of a pair of long flat muscles at the front of the abdomen, joining the sternum to the pubis and acting to bend the whole body forward or sideways. • any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘straight. ’

Oxford Dictionary

rectus

rectus |ˈrɛktəs | ▶noun ( pl. recti |-tʌɪ | ) Anatomy any of several straight muscles, in particular: • (also rectus abdominis |abˈdɒmɪnɪs |) each of a pair of long flat muscles at the front of the abdomen, joining the sternum to the pubis and acting to bend the whole body forwards or sideways. • any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘straight ’.