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Japanese
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| 擧筋 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
挙 (“raising”) + 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin levātor
Noun
挙筋 • (kyokin)
- (anatomy) a levator
- Antonyms: 下引筋 (kainkin), 下制筋 (kaseikin), 制圧筋 (seiatsukin), 抑圧筋 (yokuatsukin)
- Hyponyms: 肩甲挙筋 (kenkō kyokin), 口蓋帆挙筋 (kōgaihan kyokin), 口角挙筋 (kōkaku kyokin), 甲状腺挙筋 (kōjōsen kyokin), 肛門挙筋 (kōmon kyokin), 上眼瞼挙筋 (jōganken kyokin), 上唇挙筋 (jōshin kyokin), 上唇鼻翼挙筋 (jōshin biyoku kyokin), 肋骨挙筋 (rokkotsu kyokin)
- Coordinate terms: 回外筋 (kaigaikin), 回旋筋 (kaisenkin), 外転筋 (gaitenkin), 回内筋 (kainaikin), 屈筋 (kukkin), 散大筋 (sandaikin), 収縮筋 (shūshukukin), 伸筋 (shinkin), 張筋 (chōkin), 内転筋 (naitenkin)