BICEPS

biceps

(noun) any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

biceps (plural biceps or bicepses)

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.

Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.

(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.

(prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)

Usage notes

• Now often mistaken as a plural form; see bicep. An archaic plural bicipites, borrowed from the Latin, also exists.

Synonyms

• (the biceps brachii): biceps brachii, biceps cubiti

• (the upper arm): guns, pipes, pythons, upper arm

Antonyms

• (prosody): princeps

Source: Wiktionary


Bi"ceps, n. Etym: [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital.] (Anat.)

Definition: A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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