gastrocnemius

English

Etymology

1670s, borrowed from New Latin gastrocnēmius, from Ancient Greek γαστροκνημία (gastroknēmía, “calf of the leg”), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) +‎ κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡæstɹəkˈniːmiəs/

Noun

gastrocnemius (plural gastrocnemii)

1. The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.

Derived terms

• gastroc (abbreviation hereof)
• gastrocnemic
• gastrocnemial

Related terms

• gastrocnemious

Translations

muscle at the back of the calf

• Azerbaijani: baldırın ikibaşlı əzələsi
• Basque: gastroknemio
• Belarusian: лыткавая цягліца (lytkavaja cjahlica)
• Catalan: gastrocnemi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腓腸肌／腓肠肌 (zh) (féichángjī)

• Chuvash: ура хырӑмӗ (ura h̬yrămĕ)
• Dutch: gastrocnemius, oppervlakkige kuitspier
• Finnish: kaksoiskantalihas
• French: gastrocnémien (fr) m
• German: Zwillingswadenmuskel m
• Greek: γαστροκνήμιος (gastroknímios)
• Italian: gastrocnemio (it) m
• Japanese: 腓腹筋 (ひふくきん, hifukukin)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: gastrocnemius
• Lithuanian: dvilypis raumuo
• Polish: miȩsień brzuchaty łydki m
• Portuguese: gastrocnêmio, gastrocnémio
• Russian: икроно́жная мы́шца f (ikronóžnaja mýšca)
• Slovene: dvoglava mečna mišica
• Spanish: gastrocnemio m
• Swedish: gastrocnemius
• Ukrainian: литко́вий м'яз (lytkóvyj mʺjaz)