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deltoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun deltoid has 1 sense
- deltoid(n = noun.body) deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus - a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm; Array is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle
is a part of rotator cuff
Adjective deltoid has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deltoid, adj. & n.
--adj. triangular; like a river delta.
--n. (in full deltoid muscle) a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and used for raising the arm away from the body.
--adj. triangular; like a river delta.
--n. (in full deltoid muscle) a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and used for raising the arm away from the body.
Etymology
F delto{iuml}de or mod.L deltoides f. Gk deltoeides (as DELTA, -OID)
THESAURUS
deltoid
centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, delta-shaped, deltalike, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan-shape, fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, oxygonal, palmate, palmated, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled, spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spreading, stretched-out, three, three-cornered, three-dimensional, three-footed, three-in-one, three-pronged, three-sided, triadic, trial, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn, tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, trifid, triflorate, triflorous, trifurcate, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic, trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, trinal, trine, triparted, tripartite, triple, triplex, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous, trisected, triune, unfolded, wide-open, widespread
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