BICEPS BRACHII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biceps brachii mean? 

• BICEPS BRACHII (noun)
  The noun BICEPS BRACHII has 1 sense:

1. a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm

  Familiarity information: BICEPS BRACHII used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICEPS BRACHII (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

biceps brachii; biceps humeri; musculus biceps brachii

Hypernyms ("biceps brachii" is a kind of...):

biceps (any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm))

Holonyms ("biceps brachii" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)