Dictionary Definition
biceps n : any skeletal muscle having two origins
(but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
biceps (plural biceps or bicepses)- Any muscle having two heads.
- Specifically, the biceps brachii.
Synonyms
- (in the arm): biceps brachii, biceps cubiti
Translations
biceps brachii See biceps
brachii
See also
Polish
Noun
biceps- biceps
Extensive Definition
Biceps may refer to:
- The two-headed biceps brachii muscle on the inside of each upper arm.
- The biceps femoris, one of the hamstring muscles of the underside of each thigh.
- Biceps (prosody), a point in a metrical pattern.
biceps in German: Bizeps
biceps in French: Biceps
biceps in Dutch: Musculus biceps
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adductor, arm, buccinator, elbow, forearm, gemellus, gluteus maximus,
infraspinatus,
intercostal,
latissimus dorsi, levator, masseter, mentalis, mylohyoid, nasalis, oblique, occipitalis, omohyoid, pectineus, pectoralis, peroneus, sphincter, tensor, trapezius, triceps, upper arm, wrist