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    MUSCULUS DELTOIDEUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the armplay

    Synonyms:

    deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus

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    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("musculus deltoideus" is a kind of...):

    skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

    Holonyms ("musculus deltoideus" is a part of...):

    rotator cuff (a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move)

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