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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 4
だい
Grade: 1
きん
Grade: 6
goon kan'on

Etymology

散大 (dilation) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin dīlātor

Noun

(さん)(だい)(きん) (sandaikin

  1. a dilator (muscle)
    Hyponym: 瞳孔散大筋 (dōkō sandaikin)
    Coordinate terms: 回外筋 (kaigaikin), 回旋筋 (kaisenkin), 外転筋 (gaitenkin), 回内筋 (kainaikin), 下制筋 (kaseikin), 挙筋 (kyokin), 屈筋 (kukkin), 収縮筋 (shūshukukin), 伸筋 (shinkin), 張筋 (chōkin), 内転筋 (naitenkin)

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