Definition of rhomboid
: a parallelogram with no right angles and with adjacent sides of unequal length
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The shoulder stabilizer muscles, located in the upper back area, include the trapezius, serratus anterior, and the rhomboids.
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Phil for Phil Right-hander Phil Maton (lat) also rejoined the Padres from his rehab assignment at Double-A San Antonio as right-hander Phil Hughes hit the disabled list with a right rhomboid strain.
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Arranged in an unruly way calculated to appeal to kids’ anarchic tastes, the cards read as diamonds and rhomboids, nicely unifying the room’s design. Long-shot theory: Perhaps Ms....
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Rhomboids, like triangles, may take various different shapes, but they always look like a lopsided diamond or rectangle. As both a noun and an adjective, rhomboid can be applied to anything with those shapes, such as certain muscles of the upper back when viewed from behind. Whenever you hear about rhomboid exercises, rhomboid strain, or rhomboid pain, it involves those muscles, which attach your shoulder blades to your spine and can be strained by carrying a heavy backpack, serving a tennis ball, or just slumping in your chair in front of a computer all day.
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Origin and Etymology of rhomboid
Middle French rhomboïde, from Latin rhomboides, from Greek rhomboeidēs resembling a rhombus, from rhombos
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McIlroy said the injury is to a rhomboid muscle on the left side of his body.
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McIlroy, 28, punctuated a quiet week with a 68, his first sub-70 round of the tournament, and then said a lingering rib injury — a spasming left rhomboid muscle, to be precise — could sideline him indefinitely.
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First Known Use of rhomboid
1681
RHOMBOID Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of rhomboid for English Language Learners
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geometry : a shape with four sides where only the opposite sides and angles are equal
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