Phrase guide

biceps brachii

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The flexor in the upper arm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: musculus biceps brachii, biceps humeri

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biceps

History

Etymology

Ellipsis of musculus biceps brachii (“two-headed muscle of the arm”).

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բազկի երկգլուխ մկան (bazki erkglux mkan) — biceps brachii
  • Armenian: բիցեպս (bicʻeps) — biceps brachii
  • Azerbaijani: bazunun ikibaşlı əzələsi — biceps brachii
  • Azerbaijani: biseps — biceps brachii
  • Catalan: bíceps braquial — biceps brachii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肱二頭肌 /肱二头肌 (gōng'èrtóujī) — biceps brachii
  • Dutch: armbuigspier — biceps brachii
  • Dutch: biceps — biceps brachii
  • Dutch: elleboogbuiger — biceps brachii
  • Finnish: hauis — biceps brachii
  • Finnish: haba — biceps brachii
  • French: muscle biceps brachial — biceps brachii
  • Galician: bíceps — biceps brachii
  • Georgian: მხრის ორთავა კუნთი (mxris ortava ḳunti) — biceps brachii
  • Georgian: ბიცეფსი (bicepsi) — biceps brachii
  • German: Musculus biceps brachii — biceps brachii
  • Hebrew: קִבֹּרֶת (qibóret) — biceps brachii
  • Hidatsa: náhshi — biceps brachii
  • Hungarian: kétfejű karizom — biceps brachii
  • Hungarian: bicepsz — biceps brachii
  • Japanese: 上腕二頭筋 (jōwannitōkin) — biceps brachii
  • Korean: 상완이두근 (sang'wanidugeun) — biceps brachii
  • Korean: 위팔두갈래근 (wipaldugallaegeun) — biceps brachii
  • Mongolian: хоёр толгойт булчин (xojor tolgojt bulčin) — biceps brachii
  • Polish: biceps — biceps brachii
  • Polish: mięsień dwugłowy ramienia — biceps brachii
  • Portuguese: bíceps braquial — biceps brachii
  • Russian: двугла́вая мы́шца плеча́ (dvuglávaja mýšca plečá) — biceps brachii
  • Spanish: bíceps braquial — biceps brachii
  • Spanish: ñeque — biceps brachii
  • Swedish: biceps brachii — biceps brachii
  • Turkish: pazı — biceps brachii
  • Turkish: iki başlı üst kol kası — biceps brachii
  • Welsh: cyhyryn deuben — biceps brachii
  • Welsh: bôn braich — biceps brachii