Antagonistic muscle (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
Example:
the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("antagonistic muscle" is a kind of...):
muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antagonistic muscle"):
agonist (a muscle that contracts while another relaxes)
antagonist (a muscle that relaxes while another contracts)