triceps


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
triceps /ˈtrʌɪsɛps/
noun (pl. same) Anatomy any of several muscles having three points of attachment at one end, particularly (also triceps brachii /ˈbreɪkɪʌɪ/) the large muscle at the back of the upper arm.
– origin C16: from L., lit. ‘three-headed’, from tri- ‘three’ + -ceps (from caput ‘head’).
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