ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another

Example:

the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("antagonistic muscle" is a kind of...):

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antagonistic muscle"):

agonist (a muscle that contracts while another relaxes)

antagonist (a muscle that relaxes while another contracts)