膝窩筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膝	窩	筋
しつ > しっ Grade: S	か Hyōgaiji	きん Grade: 6
kan’on	kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

膝窩 (“popliteal fossa”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus popliteus

Noun

膝(しっ)窩(か)筋(きん) • (shikkakin) 

1. a popliteus muscle