Meaning of biceps in English

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  • He was unconsciously flexing his biceps as he said it. 
  • I feel my biceps and find it not so soft. 
  • The soldier reached out a hand and felt the other's biceps. 
  • Under his thin, short-sleeved undershirt his biceps rippled and played. 
  • Where are the biceps and triceps muscles? 
(Definition of biceps from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of biceps from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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These force levels were given in a randomized order for 10 repetitions of biceps isometric contractions.
The humeral weakness refers to the biceps and triceps muscles, causing weakness of elbow flexion and extension.
Methods for estimating numbers of motor units in biceps-brachialis muscles and losses of motor units with aging.
We had well-built men with their biceps and triceps completely withered, and frequently they used to die.
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For us, it is not about indulging in some sort of revolution or showing our biceps just for fun.
The performer threads his or her arm under the opponent's neck and through the armpit, and grasps the biceps of the opposing arm.
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The parts of the arm most commonly injured by the curveball are the ligaments in the elbow, the biceps, and the forearm muscles.
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This is a compound exercise that also involves the biceps, forearms, traps, and the rear deltoids.
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It primarily works the anterior deltoid, with assistance from the serratus anterior, biceps brachii and clavicular portions of the pectoralis major.
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The fusion of myoblasts is specific to skeletal muscle (e.g., "biceps brachii") and not cardiac muscle or smooth muscle.
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A cell from the biceps brachii muscle may contain 100,000 sarcomeres.
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Human biceps could be replaced with an 8 mm diameter wire of this material.
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Some think it is important that the elbow remain next to the body during this motion to keep stress on the biceps.
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She wanted a limo and a handsome driver with biceps, a sign of her very flirtatious and fun-loving nature.
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It partially or completely wraps around the biceps tendon.
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Translations of biceps

in Chinese (Traditional)
肱二頭肌…
in Chinese (Simplified)
肱二头肌…
in Spanish
bíceps…
in Portuguese
biceps, bíceps…
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pazı, pazu…
biceps…
biceps…
biceps…
overarmsmuskel, biceps…
otot lengan…
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bắp tay…
biceps, bicepsy…
biceps…
biseps…
der Bizeps…
biceps, overarmsmuskel…
біцепс…
бицепс…
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