MUSCULUS DELTOIDEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus deltoideus mean? 

• MUSCULUS DELTOIDEUS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS DELTOIDEUS has 1 sense:

1. a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS DELTOIDEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULUS DELTOIDEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus

Hypernyms ("musculus deltoideus" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Holonyms ("musculus deltoideus" is a part of...):

rotator cuff (a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move)