deltoid muscle 三角肌
deltoid muscle[ noun ]
a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
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Deltoid \Del"toid\, a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta- shaped; de`lta
the name of the letter [Delta] + e'i^dos form: cf. F.
delto["i]de. See {Delta}.]
1. Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta-shaped;
triangular.
{Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with
the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
{Deltoid muscle} (Anat.), a large triangular muscle covering
the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly
upward.
2. of or pertaining to the {deltoid muscle}.
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