括約筋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
括 約 筋
かつ
Grade: S 		やく
Grade: 4 		きん
Grade: 6
kan'on
 括約筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

括約 (katsuyaku, “tightening up”) +‎ 筋 (-kin, “muscle”), calque of New Latin sphinctēr

Pronunciation

Noun

括(かつ)約(やく)筋(きん) • (katsuyakukin) ←くわつやくきん (kwatuyakukin)?

  1. (anatomy) a sphincter
    Hyponyms: オッディ括約筋 (Oddi katsuyakukin), 肛門括約筋 (kōmon katsuyakukin), 瞳孔括約筋 (dōkō katsuyakukin), 尿道括約筋 (nyōdō katsuyakukin), 膀胱括約筋 (bōkō katsuyakukin)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
括約筋

Noun

括約筋 • (gwaryakgeun) (hangeul 괄약근)

  1. hanja form? of 괄약근 (“sphincter”)
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