gastrocnemius

Etymology
1670s,, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.

Derived terms

 * (abbreviation hereof)
 * gastrocnemic
 * gastrocnemial

Related terms

 * gastrocnemious

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: baldırın ikibaşlı əzələsi
 * Basque: gastroknemio
 * Belarusian: лыткавая цягліца
 * Catalan: gastrocnemi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: ура хырӑмӗ
 * Dutch: gastrocnemius, oppervlakkige kuitspier
 * Finnish: kaksoiskantalihas
 * French:
 * German: Zwillingswadenmuskel
 * Greek: γαστροκνήμιος
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 腓腹筋
 * Korean:
 * Latin: gastrocnemius
 * Lithuanian: dvilypis raumuo
 * Polish: miȩsień brzuchaty łydki
 * Portuguese: gastrocnêmio, gastrocnémio
 * Russian: икроно́жная мы́шца
 * Slovene: dvoglava mečna mišica
 * Spanish: gastrocnemio
 * Swedish: gastrocnemius
 * Ukrainian: литко́вий м'яз