Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A terete muscle; specifically, one of two terete muscles of the shoulder, proceeding from the scapula to the humerus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms
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Examples
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But Marshall said that a teres minor strain is consistent with the problems that arise from heavy use of the area when throwing breaking balls.
The Pedro Feliciano Controversy Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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Feliciano is on the disabled list with a strained rotator cuff, which is often synonymous with an injury to the teres minor muscle on the back of the pitching shoulder.
The Pedro Feliciano Controversy Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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Well just so teres no doubt, I don't really think women are all dreaful or anything of the sort.
The Full Brazilian Newmania 2008
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I don ` t think teres any need to go that fasr Flo its just that people misunderstand what they are beung told ....
Idolatory Newmania 2007
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Eu sinto pena e inveja de quem ainda não conhece o Gaiman, é tão único quando se lê o primeiro trabalho dele, seja quadrinho, conto ou romance… Fico feliz por teres feito isso, e espero que tua iniciativa traga mais e mais e mais fãs pra ele e que, talvez, o traga ao Brasil.
Esse é um guia para quem quer se iniciar em Neil Gaiman [A Beginner's Guide To Neil Gaiman] 2008
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July 11, 2009 at 9:32 am oh noes, teres gonna bez a whole series of nintendo kitteh video games
im link - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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Eu não crio para a gaveta... até fico lisonjeado e agradecido, por teres gostado do fragmento da fotografia.
Arte Artur 2006
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As he drank the cup of tea with which his servant supplied him while he was yet in bed, he could not say of himself, teres atque rotundus, as he was wont to do when things were well with him.
The Way We Live Now 2004
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And when things have gone well, how the waker comforts himself among the bedclothes as he claims for himself to be whole all over, teres atque rotundus, — so to have managed his little affairs that he has to fear no harm, and to blush inwardly at no error!
The Way We Live Now 2004
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He had not the air of a man who could say of himself that he was “totus teres atque rotundus.”
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