MUSCULUS TRICEPS BRACHII

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts

Synonyms:

musculus triceps brachii; triceps brachii

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("musculus triceps brachii" is a kind of...):

triceps (any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii))

Holonyms ("musculus triceps brachii" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

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