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TERES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms

Synonyms:

teres; teres muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("teres" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teres"):

musculus teres major; teres major; teres major muscle (teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially)

musculus teres minor; teres minor; teres minor muscle (teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally)

Holonyms ("teres" is a part of...):

shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)

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