bicipital
Americanadjective
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having two heads
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of or relating to a biceps muscle
Etymology
Origin of bicipital
Example Sentences
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“I shall come here—some other time,” she gasped, and it thrilled her to believe that Fitzroy understood, though he had heard no word of quadruped fowl or bicipital monster.
From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy
Its tendon, which is highly developed in the solipeds, occupies the bicipital groove.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
It corresponds almost exactly to the bicipital groove, and has the advantage of avoiding the great vessels and nerves.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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
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
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