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deltoid

DEFINITIONS OF: deltoid

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n a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

Synonyms:
deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus
Type 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

adj triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex

Synonyms
simple, unsubdivided
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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