Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: S
やく
Grade: 4
きん
Grade: 6
kan’on
 括約筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

括約 (katsuyaku, tightening up) +‎ (-kin, muscle), calque of New Latin sphinctēr

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かつ)(やく)(きん) (katsuyakukinくわつやくきん (kwatuyakukin)?

  1. (anatomy) a sphincter
    Hyponyms: オッディ括約筋 (Oddi katsuyakukin), 肛門括約筋 (kōmon katsuyakukin), 瞳孔括約筋 (dōkō katsuyakukin), 尿道括約筋 (nyōdō katsuyakukin), 膀胱括約筋 (bōkō katsuyakukin)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

括約筋 (gwaryakgeun) (hangeul 괄약근)

  1. Hanja form? of 괄약근 (sphincter).