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English

Etymology

From Latin tr?ceps (“triple-headed”), from tr?s (“three”) + caput (“head”).

Noun

triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)

1. (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.

Synonyms

• (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti

Related terms

• biceps
• tricep
• quadriceps

Translations

Anagrams

• escript, picters

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triceps (“three-headed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tri.s?ps/
• Hyphenation: tri?ceps
• Rhymes: -is?ps

Noun

triceps m (plural tricepsen)

1. triceps brachii

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to tr?s (“three”) +? -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tri.keps/, [?t???k?ps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tri.t??eps/, [?t??i?t???ps]

Adjective

triceps (genitive tricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. triple-headed, having three heads
2. divided into three parts

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Descendants

• English: triceps
• Galician: tríceps
• Spanish: tríceps

References

• triceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French triceps, from Latin triceps.

Noun

triceps m (plural tricep?i)

1. triceps

Declension

Spanish

Noun

triceps m (plural triceps)

1. triceps

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?kt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??s?kt/, /da??s?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)

1. (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2. (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
4. (transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

   Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.

5. (transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Related terms

• dissection

Translations

Further reading

• dissect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dissect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dissect at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cestids