Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ない
Grade: 2
ふく
Grade: 6
しゃ
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 6
goon on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
內腹斜筋 (kyūjitai)
 内腹斜筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

(in-) +‎ (belly) +‎ 斜筋 (oblique muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus oblīquus internus abdōminis

Noun edit

(ない)(ふく)(しゃ)(きん) (naifuku shakin

  1. (anatomy) an abdominal internal oblique muscle
    Antonym: 外腹斜筋 (gaifuku shakin)