TERES MAJOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teres major mean? 

• TERES MAJOR (noun)
  The noun TERES MAJOR has 1 sense:

1. teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially

  Familiarity information: TERES MAJOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERES MAJOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculus teres major; teres major; teres major muscle

Hypernyms ("teres major" is a kind of...):

teres; teres muscle (either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms)

 Context examples 

Deep vein of the upper arm that forms at the junction of the radial and ulnar veins and ends at the inferior border of the teres major.

(Brachial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)