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triceps |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Triceps \Tri"ceps\, n. [NL., fr L. triceps, having three beads; tres, tria, three + caput head: cf F. triceps. See {Three}, and Chief.] (Anat.) A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: triceps n : any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
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