noun
Meaning 1
The triceps in the upper arm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
triceps brachii
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noun
Meaning 2
the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: musculus triceps brachii
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: triceps
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tríceps braquial — the triceps in the upper arm
- Chinese Mandarin: 肱三頭肌 /肱三头肌 (gōngsāntóujī) — the triceps in the upper arm
- Esperanto: tricepso — the triceps in the upper arm
- Finnish: kolmipäinen olkalihas — the triceps in the upper arm
- French: triceps brachial — the triceps in the upper arm
- German: Trizeps — the triceps in the upper arm
- Hungarian: háromfejű karizom — the triceps in the upper arm
- Hungarian: tricepsz — the triceps in the upper arm
- Spanish: tríceps braquial — the triceps in the upper arm
- Spanish: triceps brachii — the triceps in the upper arm
- Spanish: triceps extensor cubiti — the triceps in the upper arm
- Welsh: cyhyr triphen — the triceps in the upper arm