梨状筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梨	状	筋
り Grade: 4	じょう Grade: 5	きん Grade: 6
goon		kan’on

Alternative spelling
梨狀筋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

梨 (“pear”) +‎ 状 (“-shaped”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus pirifōrmis

Noun

梨(り)状(じょう)筋(きん) • (rijōkin) 

1. a piriformis muscle

See also

• 梨(なし)状(じょう)果(か) (nashijōka)