deltoid muscle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deltoid muscle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deltoid muscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deltoid muscle n a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm Synonym(s): deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deltoid \Del"toid\, a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta the name of the letter [DELTA] + e'i^dos form: cf. F. delto[8b]de. See {Delta}.] Shaped like the Greek [DELTA] (delta); delta-shaped; triangular. {Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base. {Deltoid muscle} (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder which serves to move the arm directly upward.