bicipital
Americanadjective
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having two heads
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of or relating to a biceps muscle
Etymology
Origin of bicipital
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Nothing but this: that the excessive contraction of the bicipital muscles had brought the features into such forcible contact with the bars as to cause bruising and actual abrasion.
From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes
Between the two tuberosities is the bicipital groove.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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 John Victor Lacroix
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 ?douard Cuyer
The bicipital groove is situated internal to this.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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