What is "bicipital"

Bicipital \Bi*cip"i*tal\, a. [L. biceps, bicipitis: cf. F. bicipital. See Biceps.]

1. (Anat.)

   1. Having two heads or origins, as a muscle.

   2. Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.

2. (Bot.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.

"having two heads," 1640s, from Latin biceps (genitive bicipitis); see biceps + -al (1).

a. 1 (context anatomy English) Of or pertaining to a biceps. 2 (context muscle of a muscle English) Having two heads or points of origin.

adj. having two heads or points of origin as a biceps