Teres

Teres is a Latin adjective meaning "rounded, polished smooth" and may refer to:

Odrysian rulers:

• Teres I, the first king of the Odrysian state of Thrace (reigned 475-445 BC)
• Teres II, king of the Odrysians in middle Thrace from 351 BC to 342 BC, succeeding his father, Amatokos II
• Teres III, king of the Odrysians in Thrace in ca. 149 BC, the son of Cotys IV

Anatomy:

• Pronator teres muscle, a muscle located mainly in the human forearm
• Pronator teres syndrome, a compression neuropathy of the median nerve at the elbow
• Teres major muscle, a muscle of the upper limb; one of six scapulohumeral muscles
• Teres minor muscle, a narrow, elongated muscle of the rotator cuff
• Ligamentum teres, meaning "round ligament"

Geography:

• Teres Ridge, a ridge of elevation 330 m near Siddons Point on the Hero Bay coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica

Given name:

• Teres Shulkowsky (born 1989), an Israeli football defender currently playing for the Maccabi Netanya football club

Species name in binomial nomenclature:

• Acianthera teres, a species of orchid
• Blasicrura teres, a species of sea snail
• Bulbophyllum teres, a species of orchid
• Diodia teres, a species of flowering plant in the coffee family
• Drechslera teres f. maculata, a plant pathogen
• Elimia teres, a species of freshwater snail
• Gonospira teres, a species of air-breathing land snail
• Perilla teres, a species of spider
• Pyrenophora teres, a necrotrophic fungal pathogen
• Pyrenophora teres f. maculata, a plant pathogen
• Pyrenophora teres f. teres, a plant pathogen
• Teretia teres, a species of sea snail
• Trombidium teres, a species of mite
• Xymene teres, a species of predatory sea snail