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Webster 1913 Edition
Triceps
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Tri′ceps
,Noun.
[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.