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Noun: deltoid muscle
  1. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
    - deltoid, musculus deltoideus

Derived forms: deltoid muscles

Type of: skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Part of: rotator cuff

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