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noun

Deltoid n. The deltoid muscle.

adjective

Deltoid adj.

Shaped like the Greek 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.

Of or pertaining to the deltoid muscle.

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Etymology of 'Deltoid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Deltoid" Quotes from Famous Books

... I have to confess that during the process I had backed a couple of paces towards the door. He took up a candle, and held it while I bent and examined the thin red line which ran like a circlet around the flesh of the upper arm just below the apex of the deltoid muscle. When I looked up I met his eyes challenging mine across ...

— Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... "He wants two deltoid muscles, a couple of kneecaps, one elbow, and about half a yard of cuticle," said the man, "and he wants them ...

— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... rheumatic affection of the deltoid muscle, had felt the usual inconveniences from it for two or three days; but at night found the pain had extended down the arm, along the inside of the fore-arm, and on the sides of the fingers, in which a continual tingling was felt. The ...

— An Essay on the Shaking Palsy • James Parkinson

... distinguish the deltoid or shoulder movement, the inflection of the fore-arm, the elbow, the wrist, ...

— Delsarte System of Oratory • Various

... an especial relief to hear that you think the French superficial deposits are deltoid and semi-marine; but two days ago I was saying to a friend, that the unknown manner of the accumulation of these deposits, seemed the great blot in all the work done. I could not stomach debacles or lacustrine beds. It is grand. I remember Falconer ...

— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin

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