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- noun anatomy A triangular
muscle on the humanshoulder .
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- noun a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
Etymologies
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Short for deltoideus + muscle. Previously the deltoideus muscle and musculus deltoideus.
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