bicipital

[bahy-sip-i-tl]

adjective

having two heads; two-headed.

Anatomy. pertaining to the biceps.

Origin of bicipital

1640–50; < Latin bicipit- (stem of biceps) biceps + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for bicipital

Historical Examples of bicipital

There is no bicipital groove, and the tuberosities coalesce.
The Vertebrate Skeleton
Sidney H. Reynolds
It corresponds almost exactly to the bicipital groove, and has the advantage of avoiding the great vessels and nerves.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery
Joseph Bell
The inter-tubercular (bicipital) groove looks forward, and lies in a line drawn vertically through the biceps muscle.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.
Alexander Miles
In some instances lameness is mixed as in joint ailments, involvement of the bicipital bursa (bursa intertubercularis), etc.
Lameness of the Horse
John Victor Lacroix
Chronic inflammation of the bicipital bursa is occasionally met with wherein both members are affected.
Lameness of the Horse
John Victor Lacroix

British Dictionary definitions for bicipital

bicipital

adjective

having two heads

of or relating to a biceps muscle

Word Origin for bicipital

C17: see biceps, -al 1

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Word Origin and History for bicipital

adj.

"having two heads," 1640s, from Latin biceps (genitive bicipitis); see biceps + -al (1).