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Definition of Deltoid
1. Adjective. Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex.
2. Noun. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Rotator Cuff
Definition of Deltoid
1. a. Shaped like the Greek Δ (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.
Definition of Deltoid
1. Noun. The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder. ¹
2. Noun. The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle. ¹
3. Adjective. In the shape of the upper case Greek letter delta ?; triangular. ¹
4. Adjective. Of, or connected with the deltoid muscle ¹
5. Adjective. (botany of leaves) Of a triangular or roughly triangular shape and attached to the stem via the side. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deltoid
1. a shoulder muscle [n -S]
Medical Definition of Deltoid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Deltoid
Literary usage of Deltoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It is also an assistant to the deltoid in raising the arm, inasmuch as during the
... After the deltoid has raised the arm to a right angle with the trunk, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"deltoid. The deep fascia covering the deltoid (deltoid aponeurosis) is a fibrous
layer which covers the outer surface of the muscle, thick and strong behind ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"deltoid. The deep fascia covering the deltoid invests this muscle and sends down
numerous prolongations between its fasciculi. In front, it is continuous ..."
4. Holden's Manual of the dissection of the human body by Luther Holden (1893)
"The muscular bundles composing the deltoid have a pec;;! ... Action of the deltoid.
It raises the arm ; but it cannot do so be\ ' an angle of ninety degrees ..."
5. Manual of Operative Surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1916)
"Make an incision over the anterior portion of the deltoid and parallel to its
fibres. Split the muscle. Make an incision over the posterior portion of the ..."
6. Technique of Operations on the Bones, Joints, Muscles and Tendons by Robert Soutter (1917)
"Operation for Paralysis of the Triceps, Transplantation of the deltoid.—When the
triceps is paralyzed and the deltoid remains good, a long vertical ..."
7. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"... beneath the skin and adipose substance is the brachial aponeurosis; this is
weak and imperfect in some situations as on the deltoid muscle; in others it ..."