Look up: triceps

1. triceps
   (muscle) Type: Term Synonyms: triceps coxae (muscle)
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2. triceps
   (muscle) Type: Term Synonyms: triceps surae (muscle)
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3. triceps
   (muscle) Type: Term Synonyms: three-headed muscle
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4. triceps
   [n] - any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
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5. Triceps
   A muscle situated at the back of the arm responsible for straightening the elbow
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6. Triceps
   Muscle of the back of the upper arm, primarily responsible for extending the elbow.
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7. Triceps
   Three-headed.
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8. Triceps
   Triceps: The triceps muscle extends (straightens) the elbow. Its full name is the triceps brachii. It can be felt as the tense muscle in the back of the upper arm while doing push-ups. Its full name is the triceps brachii. The triceps has three heads, or origins. 'Triceps' is Latin for three-headed and is derived from 'tri', three + 'caput', head.
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9. Triceps
   the muscles on the back of the upper arms that straighten your elbows and allow you to push your arms forward. You use them when you're fly-fishing or pushing a running stroller.
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10. triceps
    noun any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
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11. triceps
    (tri´seps) a muscle having three heads.
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12. Triceps
    • (n.) 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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13. triceps
    triceps 1. Three-headed; specifically, of a muscle having three heads or points of origin. 2. A triceps muscle; specifically, that of the thigh and of the upper arm.
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14. triceps
    triceps, any muscle having three heads, or points of attachment, but especially the triceps brachii at the back of the upper arm. One head originates on the shoulder blade and two on the upper-arm bone, or humerus. Uniting part of the way down the arm, the heads swell into the belly, or muscle prope...
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15. Triceps
    The triceps brachii (three-headed muscle) lies at the upper portion of the inside of the arm. It is the main extensor of the arm and is made up of three teardrop shaped heads: the long head, the lateral head, and the medial head. When working with other nearby muscles it can also move the shoulder, ...
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16. triceps
    Type: Term Pronunciation: trī′seps Definitions: 1. Three-headed; denoting especially two muscles: triceps brachii and triceps surae. See: muscle
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17. triceps
    Muscle in the upper arm that causes the arm to straighten at the elbow (extend). To bend the arm its antagonistic muscle – the biceps – has to contract. The bending of the arm in this movement occurs at the elbow joint
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18. triceps
    Latin tres = 3, and caput = head; hence a 3-headed muscle.
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