Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
ちょう
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 6
kan’on
 最長筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

最長 (longest) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus longissimus

Noun edit

(さい)(ちょう)(きん) (saichōkin

  1. (anatomy) a longissimus muscle
    Hypernym: 脊柱起立筋 (sekichū kiritsukin)
    Hyponyms: 胸最長筋 (kyōsaichōkin), 頸最長筋 (keisaichōkin), 頭最長筋 (tōsaichōkin)