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‖ popliteus Anat.
(pɒˈplɪtiːəs, erron. pɒplɪˈtiːəs)
[mod.L. adj. (sc. musculus), f. poples, poplit-em ham, hough. Erroneously spelt poplitæus: the L. suffix is -ĕus, as in corporeus, osseus, sanguineus, etc.]
More fully popliteus muscle: a flat triangular muscle at the back of the knee-joint.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Popliteus, by some called Subpopliteus, is a Muscle of the Leg. 1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 80 Immediately beneath this is the groove which lodges the tendon of origin of the popliteus. 1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 182 On its outer surface is a pit for the tendon of the popliteus muscle. |