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Biceps

in anatomy, muscles having two heads or origins. Three muscles the human body have this name applied to them.

One is the biceps humeri, or biceps internus humeri, and a second the biceps extensor, both of which are in the arm, and the biceps femoris, which is the straight muscle of the thigh. In botany applied to papilionaceous corollas, which have the claws of the two petals composing the keel distinct instead of united. disabled BICÊTRE (bē-sāt're), a village of France, 1 mile from Paris, where, in the reign of Charles V., a large building was erected for disabled soldiers, destroyed in the wars under Charles VI. It was rebuilt by Louis XIII., and was used as a military asylum until the Hôtel des Invalides was established at Paris. It was afterward used as a hospital. a

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