Meaning of DELTOID
| Pronunciation: | | 'deltoyd
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- [n] a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
- [adj] of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
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| | Synonyms: | | deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus, simple, unsubdivided |
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| | See Also: | | rotator cuff, skeletal muscle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Del"toid\, a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta
the name of the letter [Delta] + e'i^dos form: cf. F.
delto["i]de. See {Delta}.]
Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta-shaped;
triangular.
{Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with
the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
{Deltoid muscle} (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder
which serves to move the arm directly upward.
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| | Definition: | | Triangular with the sides of about equal length. |
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| | Related Terms: | | centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, deltalike, delta-shaped, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fanlike, fanned, fanning, fan-shape, fan-shaped, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, oxygonal, palmate, palmated, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled, spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spreading, stretched-out, three, three-cornered, three-dimensional, three-footed, three-in-one, three-pronged, three-sided, triadic, trial, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn, tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, trifid, triflorate, triflorous, trifurcate, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic, trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, trinal, trine, triparted, tripartite, triple, triplex, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous, trisected, triune, unfolded, wide-open, widespread |
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