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tri·ceps

(trī′sĕps′)

n. pl. triceps

A large three-headed muscle running along the back of the upper arm and serving to extend the forearm.

[From Latin, three-headed : tri-, tri- + caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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triceps

(ˈtraɪsɛps)

n, pl -cepses (-sɛpsɪz) or -ceps

(Anatomy) any muscle having three heads, esp the one (triceps brachii) that extends the forearm

[C16: from Latin, from tri- + caput head]

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tri•ceps

(ˈtraɪ sɛps)

n., pl. -ceps•es (-sɛp sɪz) -ceps.

any muscle with three heads, esp. the one at the back of the upper arm, extending the forearm when contracted.

[1570–80; < Latin: three-headed =tri- tri- + -ceps, s. -cipit- -headed, derivative of caput head]

tri·ceps

(trī′sĕps′)

The muscle at the back of the upper arm that straightens the elbow. The triceps has three points of attachment to bone at one end.

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Noun

triceps - any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)

skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes

musculus triceps brachii, triceps brachii - the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts

Translations

трицепс

triceps

[ˈtraɪseps] N (triceps or tricepses (pl)) → tríceps m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

triceps

[ˈtraɪsɛps] n → triceps m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

triceps

n pl <-(es)> → Trizeps m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

triceps

[ˈtraɪsɛps] n pl inv → tricipite m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tri·ceps

L. tríceps, músculo de tres porciones o cabezas;

___ reflex → reflejo del ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

triceps

n tríceps m

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