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1. (n.) triceps
any muscle with three heads, esp. the one at the back of the upper arm, extending the forearm when contracted.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L: three-headed =tri-tri - +-ceps, s. -cipit- -headed, der. of caput head)
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1. (noun) triceps
any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
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1. (noun) triceps
a muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow
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