triceps
Definitions of triceps
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any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)type of:muscle squelettiquea 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
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the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts
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