DELTOID MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

Synonyms:

deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("deltoid muscle" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("deltoid muscle" is a part of...):

rotator cuff (a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move)

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