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Deltoid muscle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A triangular muscle on the human shoulder.
  2. 2
    a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm wordnet

Etymology

Short for deltoideus + muscle. Previously the deltoideus muscle and musculus deltoideus.

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