deltoid
a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm (Freq. 3) • Syn: deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus • Hypernyms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle • Part Holonyms: rotator cuff
triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex • Similar to: simple, unsubdivided
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