Kamus SABDA Mobile
Bahasa Indonesia English

Found 1 definition: biceps.

biceps top

Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun biceps has 1 senses

   biceps(n = noun.body) - any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm);
is a kind of
skeletal muscle, striated muscle
has particulars: femoral biceps, musculus biceps femoris, biceps brachii, biceps humeri, musculus biceps brachii
Derived form adjective bicipital1


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

biceps, n. [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital.].

   A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

biceps, n. a muscle having two heads or attachments, esp. the one which bends the elbow.

Etymology:
L, = two-headed, formed as BI- + - ceps f. caput head


[RELATED WORDS]

biceps brachii, biceps humeri, femoral biceps, musculus biceps brachii, musculus biceps femoris