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biceps, a. and n.|ˈbaɪsɪps|
[a. L. biceps, bicipit-, f. bi- two + -ceps = caput head.]
A. adj. Having two heads or summits; spec. applied to muscles (see B).
1634Read Body of Man 77 The i. muscle of the cubit, cald Biceps. 1717Berkeley in Fraser Life (1871) 588 In Strabo's time it [Vesuvius] seems to have been neither biceps, nor to have had a hollow. 1863Reade in All Y. Round 3 Oct. 123/2 A gentle timidity that contrasted prettily with her biceps muscle.
B. n. A muscle with two heads or tendinous attachments; spec. that on the front of the upper arm, which bends the fore arm; also the corresponding muscle of the thigh; the former of these is often humorously referred to as the type or standard of physical strength.
1650Read Muscles of Body, The ulna is bended by two [muscles], to wit, biceps and brachiæus internus. 1865Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 4/5 The training which gives him back his healthy sleep, his appetite, and his biceps. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. viii. 293 The biceps is the well known muscle used in flexing the arm. |