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BICEPS BRACHII
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm
Synonyms:
biceps brachii; biceps humeri; musculus biceps brachii
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("biceps brachii" is a kind of...):
biceps (any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm))
Holonyms ("biceps brachii" is a part of...):
arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)