
Meaning of BICEPS
| Pronunciation: | | 'bIseps
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm) |
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BICEPS is a 6 letter word that starts with B. |
| | See Also: | | biceps brachii, biceps humeri, femoral biceps, musculus biceps brachii, musculus biceps femoris, skeletal muscle | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| | 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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