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The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gastrocnemius muscle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle
1670s, borrowed from New Latin gastrocnēmius, from Ancient Greek γαστροκνημία (gastroknēmía, “calf of the leg”), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
baldırın ikibaşlı əzələsi
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Basque:
gastroknemio
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Belarusian:
лыткавая цягліца
(lytkavaja cjahlica)
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Catalan:
gastrocnemi
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Chinese Mandarin:
腓腸肌 /腓肠肌
(féichángjī)
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Chuvash:
ура хырӑмӗ
(ura h̬yrămĕ)
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Dutch:
gastrocnemius
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Dutch:
oppervlakkige kuitspier
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Finnish:
kaksoiskantalihas
— muscle at the back of the calf
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French:
gastrocnémien
— muscle at the back of the calf
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German:
Zwillingswadenmuskel
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Greek:
γαστροκνήμιος
(gastroknímios)
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Italian:
gastrocnemio
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Japanese:
腓腹筋
(hifukukin)
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Latin:
gastrocnemius
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Lithuanian:
dvilypis raumuo
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Polish:
mięsień brzuchaty łydki
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Portuguese:
gastrocnêmio
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Portuguese:
gastrocnémio
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Russian:
икроно́жная мы́шца
(ikronóžnaja mýšca)
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Slovene:
dvoglava mečna mišica
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Spanish:
gastrocnemio
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Swedish:
gastrocnemius
— muscle at the back of the calf
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Ukrainian:
литко́вий м'яз
(lytkóvyj mʺjaz)
— muscle at the back of the calf
