Word: Gastrocnemius
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek gastroknēmia ‘calf of the leg’, from gaster, gastr- ‘stomach’ + knēmē ‘leg’ (from the bulging shape of the calf)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɡastrə(ʊ)ˈkniːmɪəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the chief muscle of the calf of the leg, which flexes the knee and foot. It runs to the Achilles tendon from two heads attached to the femur.
Short Definition:chief muscle of calf of leg
Variant Forms:
- gastrocnemius muscle
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