A muscle that has two heads, or origins. There is more than one biceps muscle. The biceps brachii is the well-known flexor muscle in the upper arm; it bulges when the arm is bent in a C-shape with the fist toward the forehead. The biceps femoris is in the back of the thigh.

Any muscle that has two heads.

1630s (adj.), from Latin biceps "having two parts," literally "two-headed," from bis "double" (see bis-) + -ceps comb. form of caput "head" (see capitulum). As [..]

bi = two; L. ceps = head. bicipital

The biceps of a human is a muscle located on the upper arm. The biceps has several functions, the most important being to rotate the forearm and to flex the elbow.

(n) any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

ADJ two-headed; with two summits; having two parts| two-fold

Muscular strength of the arm; properly, the prominent muscles of the upper arm; so called because they have two heads. (Latin, biceps, two heads.)

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads. * '''1901''', Michael Foster & Lewis E. Shore, ''Physiology for Beginners?'', page 73 *: The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the [..]

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The muscles on the top of the arm between the elbow and the shoulder.