Deltoid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deltoid \Del"toid\, a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta
     the name of the letter [Delta] + e'i^dos form: cf. F.
     delto["i]de. See {Delta}.]
     1. Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta-shaped;
        triangular.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     {Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with
        the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
  
     {Deltoid muscle} (Anat.), a large triangular muscle covering
        the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly
        upward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. of or pertaining to the {deltoid muscle}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deltoid \Del"toid\, n. [see {deltoid}, a.]
     the {deltoid muscle}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deltoid
       adj : of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at
             the apex
       n : a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and
           serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
           [syn: {deltoid muscle}, {musculus deltoideus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "deltoid":
     centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, delta-shaped, deltalike,
     divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan-shape,
     fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared,
     flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, oxygonal, palmate,
     palmated, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled,
     spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread,
     spreading, stretched-out, three, three-cornered, three-dimensional,
     three-footed, three-in-one, three-pronged, three-sided, triadic,
     trial, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn,
     tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, trifid, triflorate,
     triflorous, trifurcate, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic,
     trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, trinal, trine, triparted,
     tripartite, triple, triplex, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous,
     trisected, triune, unfolded, wide-open, widespread