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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.