Triceps

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large three-headed muscle running along the back of the upper arm and serving to extend the forearm.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any muscle having three heads.
  • n. Specifically, the triceps brachii.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Three-headed; tricipital; specifically, in anatomy, noting certain muscles which arise by three heads.
  • n. A tricipital or three-headed muscle, which has a triple origin and proceeds to a single insertion; especially, such a muscle of the fore or hind limb, expressly named as in the following phrases.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    striated muscle    skeletal muscle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    triceps extensor cubiti    triceps brachii   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    biceps   
     
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