Triceps

2 definitions found

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

  Triceps \Tri"ceps\, n. [NL., fr. L. triceps, having three beads;
     tres, tria, three + caput head: cf. F. triceps. See {Three},
     and Chief.] (Anat.)
     A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of
     the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the
     olecranon at the elbow.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  triceps
       n : any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the
           triceps brachii)