Category:Triceps

Tri"ceps, n. Etym: [nl., fr. L. triceps, having three beads; tres, Tria, three + caput head: cf. F. triceps. See three, and chief.] (anat.)

Defn: a muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the Forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at The elbow.