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biceps

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bi=ceps

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun biceps has 1 sense

biceps(n = noun.body) Array - any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm); Array

is a kind of

skeletal muscle

striated muscle

has particulars: femoral biceps, musculus biceps femoris, biceps brachii, biceps humeri, musculus biceps brachii

Derived form adjective bicipital₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

biceps, n. [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital.].

A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

biceps, n. a muscle having two heads or attachments, esp. the one which bends the elbow.

Etymology

L, = two-headed, formed as BI- + - ceps f. caput head

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THESAURUS

biceps

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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