"triceps" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.sɛps/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-triceps.wav [Southern-England] Forms: triceps [plural], tricepses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|trīceps||triple-headed}} Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”), {{m|la|trēs||three}} trēs (“three”), {{m|la|caput||head}} caput (“head”) Head templates: {{en-noun|triceps|+}} triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)
  1. (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (any muscle having three heads): ذَات اَلثَّلَاث رُؤُوسّ (ḏāt aṯ-ṯalāṯ ruʔūss) [feminine] (Arabic), مُثَلَّثَة اَلرُّؤُوس (muṯallaṯat ar-ruʔūs) [feminine] (Arabic), تراي (teraai) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), триглав мускул (triglav muskul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 三頭肌 (Chinese Mandarin), 三头肌 (sāntóujī) (Chinese Mandarin), 肱三頭肌 (Chinese Mandarin), 肱三头肌 (gōngsāntóujī) (Chinese Mandarin), kolmipäinen lihas (Finnish), triceps [masculine] (French), tríceps [masculine] (Galician), Trizeps [masculine] (German), tricepso (Ido), tricipite [masculine] (Italian), 三頭筋 (santōkin) (alt: さんとうきん) (Japanese), 삼두근 (samdugeun) (Korean), uatoru (Maori), tríceps [masculine] (Portuguese), три́цепс (tríceps) [masculine] (Russian), triceps [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-triceps-en-noun-z2wYkn8U Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tri- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 45 55 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'any muscle having three heads': 95 5
  2. (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti
    Sense id: en-triceps-en-noun-0xBMWi0A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tri-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 45 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 74 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'muscle in the arm': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: side triceps, triceps surae Related terms: biceps, tricep, quadriceps

Inflected forms

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