- bicepses
- bi·ceps || 'baɪseps n. muscle with two origins; flexor muscle of the upper arm; thigh muscle that flexes the knee joint and extends the hip joint
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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biceps — noun (plural biceps; also bicepses) Etymology: New Latin bicipit , biceps, from Latin, two headed, from bi + capit , caput head more at head Date: 1634 a muscle having two heads: as a. the large flexor muscle of the front of the upper arm b. the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
biceps — /buy seps/, n., pl. bicepses / sep siz/, biceps. Anat. either of two flexor muscles, one (biceps brachii) located in the front of the upper arm and assisting in bending the arm, and the other (biceps femoris) located on the back of the thigh and… … Universalium
biceps — [bī′seps΄] n. pl. biceps or bicepses [ModL < L < bis, two + caput, HEAD] 1. a muscle having two heads, or points of origin; esp., the large muscle in the front of the upper arm or the corresponding muscle at the back of the thigh 2. loosely … English World dictionary
