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Triceps

Triceps Meaning & Definition
Triceps Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Triceps?

[n] any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)

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See Also | musculus triceps brachii | skeletal muscle | triceps brachii

Triceps In Webster's Dictionary

\Tri"ceps\, n. [NL., fr. L. triceps, having three beads; tres, tria, three + caput head: cf. F. triceps. See {Three}, and Chief.] (Anat.) A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.

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