外転筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	転	筋
がい Grade: 2	てん Grade: 3	きん Grade: 6
kan’on

Alternative spelling
外轉筋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

外転 (“abduction”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin abductor

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がいてんきん [gàítéńkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠itẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

外(がい)転(てん)筋(きん) • (gaitenkin) ^{←ぐわいてんきん (gwaitenkin)?}

1. an abductor

   Antonym: 内転筋 (naitenkin)

   Hyponyms: 小指外転筋 (shōshi gaitenkin), 小趾外転筋 (shōshi gaitenkin), 短母指外転筋 (tanboshi gaitenkin), 長母指外転筋 (chōboshi gaitenkin), 母趾外転筋 (boshi gaitenkin)

   Coordinate terms: 回外筋 (kaigaikin), 回旋筋 (kaisenkin), 回内筋 (kainaikin), 下制筋 (kaseikin), 挙筋 (kyokin), 屈筋 (kukkin), 散大筋 (sandaikin), 収縮筋 (shūshukukin), 伸筋 (shinkin), 張筋 (chōkin)

See also

• 転(てん)筋(きん) (tenkin)