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bicipital

American  
[bahy-sip-i-tl] / baɪˈsɪp ɪ tl /

adjective

  1. having two heads; two-headed.

  2. Anatomy. pertaining to the biceps.


bicipital British  
/ baɪˈsɪpɪtəl /

adjective

  1. having two heads

  2. of or relating to a biceps muscle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bicipital

1640–50; < Latin bicipit- (stem of biceps ) biceps + -al 1

Example Sentences

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The humerus is furnished at its superior extremity with a large tuberosity, wide, and situated in front of the head of the bone; the effect of this is that the bicipital groove is internal.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

This superior extremity presents, internally, a tuberosity into which the biceps is inserted; this is the bicipital tuberosity; and on the other side is another tuberosity, which is a little more prominent than the preceding.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

The tendon in which the muscle ends is inserted into a tuberosity, situated on the internal surface of the superior extremity of the radius—the bicipital tuberosity.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Chronic inflammation of the bicipital bursa is occasionally met with wherein both members are affected.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

The bicipital groove is situated internal to this.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

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