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BICEPS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'bIseps

Matching Terms:  bicephalous, biceps brachii, biceps humeri

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
 
 See Also: biceps brachii, biceps humeri, femoral biceps, musculus biceps brachii, musculus biceps femoris, skeletal muscle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bi"ceps\, n. [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head.
See {Capital}.] (Anat.)
A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly
to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: adductor, arm, buccinator, elbow, forearm, gemellus, gluteus maximus, infraspinatus, intercostal, latissimus dorsi, levator, masseter, mentalis, mylohyoid, nasalis, oblique, occipitalis, omohyoid, pectineus, pectoralis, peroneus, sphincter, tensor, trapezius, triceps, upper arm, wrist
 

 

 

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