Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1
しゃ
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 6
goon kan’on
 上斜筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(upper) +‎ 斜筋 (oblique muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus oblīquus superior

Noun

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(じょう)(しゃ)(きん) (jōshakin

  1. a superior oblique muscle
    Antonym: 下斜筋 (kashakin)
    Hypernym: 眼筋 (gankin)