Search Result for "deltoid_muscle":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm;
[syn: deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deltoid muscle n 1: a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm [syn: deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus]