deltoid : Idioms & Phrases


deltoid eminence

  • noun a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches
    deltoid eminence.
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Deltoid leaf

  • noun a simple leaf shaped like a capital delta
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  • (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
Webster 1913

Deltoid muscle

  • noun a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
    deltoid; musculus deltoideus.
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  • (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder which serves to move the arm directly upward.
Webster 1913

deltoid tuberosity

  • noun a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches
    deltoid eminence.
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