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‖ gastrocnemius|ˌgæstrəʊˈkniːmɪəs|
Pl. -cnemii |ˈkniːmɪaɪ|.
[mod.L. gastrocnēmius, f. Gr. γαστροκνηµία the calf of the leg, f. γαστ(ε)ρ-, γαστήρ belly + κνήµη leg.]
The chief muscle of the calf of the leg, which gives it a protuberant or ‘bellying’ form.
1676J. Cooke Marrow Surg. 430 (folding leaf) The two Gastrocnemii. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 382 The Gastrocnemius..is composed of two fleshy masses, called the outer and inner heads, resembling each other in form. 1863Kingsley Water-Bab. viii. (1878) 339 The dog tackled them so sharply about the gastrocnemius muscle. 1871W. A. Hammond Dis. Nerv. Syst. 65 A ballet-dancer, whose gastrocnemii muscles were the apparent starting-points of the disease. |