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Definitions: Deltoid |
DeltoidAdjective1. Of a leaf shape; suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex. Noun1. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DeltoidSynonyms: deltoid muscle (n), musculus deltoideus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Deltoid |
| English words defined with "deltoid": deltoid eminence, Deltoid leaf, Deltoid muscle, deltoid tuberosity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Deltoid" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (deltoid), Romanian (deltoid), Serbo-Croatian (deltoid). |
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Screenplays | Hi, hi, hi, Mr. Deltoid! (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Close-up photograph of smallpox lesions seen on the deltoid area of the arm during the 4th day of the rash.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | LYMErix is administered by intramuscular injection, 0.5 ml (30g), into the deltoid muscle. (references) | |
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| "Deltoid" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Deltoid" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deltoid": deltoid eminence ♦ Deltoid leaf ♦ Deltoid muscle ♦ deltoid tuberosity. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "deltoid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | trekëndësh (three-cornered, triangle, triangular, triquetrous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مثلثي, العضلة الدالية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | делтовиден. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | deltoideusplastik a.m.Harmon (Harmon deltoid plastic method, Harmon method), deltoideusplastik (plastic surgery of the deltoid), deltoideuslammelse (paralysis of the deltoid), deltoideus hudreflex (external reflex of the deltoid, foreign reflex of the deltoid), deltakaebe (deltoid maxilla), regio deltoidea (deltoid area), ligamentum tibionaviculare (tibionavicular part of the deltoid ligament), ligamentum talotibiale posterius (posterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), ligamentum talotibiale anterius (anterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), ligamentum calcaneotibiale (calcanotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Harmons adgang (Harmon deltoid plastic method, Harmon method), Bronisch's deltoideustest (deltoid test of Bronisch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verlamming van de musculus deltoideus (paralysis of the deltoid), verlamming van de deltoideus (paralysis of the deltoid), pars tibiotalaris ligamenti deltoidis (calcanotibial part of the deltoid ligament), ligamentum tibiocalcaneonaviculare (tibionavicular part of the deltoid ligament), ligamentum talotibiale posterius (posterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), ligamentum talotibiale anterius (anterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | deltoïde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Deltoideusplastik (plastic surgery of the deltoid), Deltoideuslaehmung (paralysis of the deltoid), Deltoideusfremdreflex (external reflex of the deltoid, foreign reflex of the deltoid), Delta-Kiefer (deltoid maxilla), Pars tibiotalaris posterior ligamenti deltoidei (posterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Pars tibiotalaris anterior ligamenti deltoidei (anterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Pars tibionavicularis ligamenti deltoidei (tibionavicular part of the deltoid ligament), Pars tibiocalcanearis ligamenti deltoidei (calcanotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Lig.tibionaviculare (tibionavicular part of the deltoid ligament), Lig.talotibiale post. (posterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Lig.talotibiale ant. (anterior talotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Lig.calcaneotibiale (calcanotibial part of the deltoid ligament), Harmon-Methode (Harmon deltoid plastic method, Harmon method), Bronisch Deltoideustest (deltoid test of Bronisch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δελτοειδήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | deltoid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | deltoide, triangolare (triangular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 三'筋 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さ"かくき" (triangle bandage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 삼각근. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trooraneagh (three-cornered, triangular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eltoidday deltóide. (various references) deltoid. (various references) дельтовидный. (various references) deltoid. (various references) deltoides, deltoideo. (various references) delta şeklinde, üç köşeli (triangular). (various references) дельтовий, дельтовидний трикутник, дельтовидний м'яз. (various references) hình tam giác, hình Đenta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "deltoid": deltoidei, deltoideus, deltoids. (additional references) | |
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"Deltoid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dataid, deletrix, Delteil, delto, Detholiad, Detmold. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "deltoid" (pronounced 'Del"toid'): Blastoid, Cestoid, Cottoid, Cytoid, Dartoid, Demantoid, Dentoid, Dermestoid, Epileptoid, Histoid, Lentoid, mastoid, Mattoid, Odontoid, Paramastoid, Petromastoid, Phytoid, Pleuronectoid, Sternomastoid, Stylomastoid. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-o-t" | |
-1 letter: dildoe, doiled, doited, toddle, toiled. | |
-2 letters: dildo, diode, doled, doted, idled, oiled, oldie, teloi, tided, tilde, tiled, toile, toled. | |
-3 letters: deil, deli, delt, dido, died, diel, diet, diol, dite, doit, dole, dolt, dote, eddo, edit, idle, idol, lido, lied, lite, lode, loti, tide, tied, tile, toed, toil, told, tole. | |
-4 letters: del, did, die, dit. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-l-o-t" | |
+1 letter: deltoids. | |
+2 letters: cloddiest, deltoidei. | |
+3 letters: defoliated, deltoideus, dislocated, dovetailed, outyielded. | |
+4 letters: dicotyledon, dislodgment, dolomitized, fluoridated, interfolded, thalidomide. | |
+5 letters: bloodstained, consolidated, demodulating, demodulation, dendrologist, dicotyledons, dinucleotide, disjointedly, dislodgement, dislodgments, domiciliated, floodlighted, outdelivered, postdeadline, thalidomides, timberdoodle, undefoliated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6C 74 6F 69 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .-.. - --- .. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101100 01110100 01101111 01101001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e l t o i d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006C 0074 006F 0069 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717886817570 |
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