Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun musculus_deltoideus

1 sense of musculus deltoideus

Sense 1
deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus -- (a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm)
       => skeletal muscle, striated muscle -- (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)