triceps

tri·ceps Audio Help (trī'sěps')

n. pl. tri·ceps·es (-sěp'sĭz) also triceps
A large three-headed muscle running along the back of the upper arm and serving to extend the forearm.

[From Latin, three-headed : tri-, tri- + caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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