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Look up: triceps

  1. Triceps
    The Triceps are muscles situated on the back of the upper arms in the human body.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. triceps
    [n] - any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Triceps
    A muscle situated at the back of the arm responsible for straightening the elbow
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit

  4. Triceps
    Muscle of the back of the upper arm, primarily responsible for extending the elbow.
    Found on http://www.seahawks.com/medicalglossary.

  5. Triceps
    Three-headed.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA

  6. 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.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  7. 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.
    Found on http://www.rei.com/learn/Crosstrain/rei/

  8. triceps
    noun any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. triceps
    (tri´seps) a muscle having three heads.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  10. 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. 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.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. triceps
    Three-headed; denoting especially two muscles: triceps brachii and triceps surae. See: muscle [L. fr. tri-, three, + caput, head]
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  13. triceps
    Biceps and triceps muscles. Left: biceps contracted. Right: triceps contracted Any muscle that has three points of origin. Most commonly 'triceps' refers to the triceps brachii muscle – a large extensor along the back of the upper arm in humans. It originates just below the socket of the ...
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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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08493


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