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TRICEPS
triceps
(noun) any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)
(anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
(anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.
Synonyms
• (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Tri"ceps, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. triceps, having three beads; tres, tria, three + caput head: cf. F. triceps. See Three, and Chief.] (Anat.)
Definition: A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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