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TRICEPS BRACHII
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts
Synonyms:
musculus triceps brachii; triceps brachii
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("triceps brachii" is a kind of...):
triceps (any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii))
Holonyms ("triceps 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)