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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

腓肠肌

Pronunciation / Transliteration: féichángjī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gastrocnemius/ˌɡæs.trɒkˈniː.mi.əs/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"腓肠肌是人类小腿后侧的主要肌肉。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The chief muscle of the calf of the leg, which flexes the knee and foot.

    "He strained his gastrocnemius muscle during the final sprint of the marathon."
  2. 2

    The superficial two-headed muscle situated in the back part of the lower leg in humans and many other vertebrates.

    "Physiotherapy exercises helped strengthen her gastrocnemius after the injury."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, originating from Ancient Greek gastrōknēmia, combining gastēr (meaning 'belly') and knēmē (meaning 'shin' or 'leg'). The term was coined in anatomical nomenclature to describe the prominent 'belly' or bulging muscle mass of the calf.

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