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

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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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