直筋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょく > ちょっ
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

(straight) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus rēctus

Noun

(ちょっ)(きん) (chokkin

  1. (anatomy) a rectus muscle
    Hyponyms: 大腿直筋 (daitai chokkin), 外側直筋 (gaisokuchokin), 外側頭直筋 (gaisoku tōchokukin), 下直筋 (kachokukin), 小後頭直筋 (shōkōtōchokukin), 上直筋 (jōchokukin), 前頭直筋 (zentōchokukin), 大後頭直筋 (daikōtōchokukin), 内側直筋 (naisokuchokukin), 腹直筋 (fukuchokukin)