noun. A thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, used to raise the arm from the side.

noun. undefined

adjective. undefined

adjective. Triangular.

adjective. Having the shape of a geometric kite.

adjective. Of or relating to the deltoid.

noun. In zoology, a deltoid plate.

noun. In mathematics, a symmetrical quadrilateral with a diagonal as axis.

Resembling the Greek letter Δ; triangular.

Specifically— In anatomy:

Forming a triangular place or part; being triangular: as, the deltoid muscle.

Relating to the deltoid muscle: as, the deltoid crest of the humerus.

In entomology, pertaining to or resembling the pyralid moths, or Deltoides.

In botany, triangular or trowel-shaped: as, a deltoid leaf: also applied to the cross-section of a leaf, etc.

noun. The large, coarse-fibered, triangular muscle of the shoulder, covering and protecting the joint, arising from the spine of the scapula, the acromion, and the clavicle, and inserted into the deltoid crest of the humerus. Its action raises the arm away from the side of the body. See cut under muscle.

noun. the deltoid muscle.

adjective. Shaped like the Greek Δ (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.

adjective. a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base.

adjective. a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly upward.

adjective. of or pertaining to the deltoid muscle.

noun. The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.

noun. The deltoid ligament, a triangular ligament on the human ankle.

adjective. In the shape of the upper case Greek letter delta Δ; triangular.

adjective. Of, or connected with the deltoid muscle

adjective. Of a triangular or roughly triangular shape and attached to the stem via the side.

adjective. triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex

noun. a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

deltoid dodecahedron  deltoid eminence  deltoid moth  deltoid plates  delusion of grandeur  

simple  unsubdivided  

delt  deltoid muscle  deltois muscles  delts  obdeltoid  

skeletal muscle  striated muscle  

adductor  antennæ  brachial  carpal  cingulate  

centrifugal  cuneate  cuneated  cuneiform  delta-shaped