Usually means: Calf muscle, aids in walking.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. gastrocnemius: Merriam-Webster
  2. gastrocnemius: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gastrocnemius: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gastrocnemius: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gastrocnemius: Vocabulary.com
  6. gastrocnemius: Wordnik
  7. Gastrocnemius, Gastrocnemius, Gastrocnemius: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. gastrocnemius: Wiktionary
  9. gastrocnemius: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gastrocnemius: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. gastrocnemius: Dictionary.com
  12. Gastrocnemius: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Gastrocnemius: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. gastrocnemius: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. gastrocnemius: Rhymezone
  16. Gastrocnemius: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. gastrocnemius: FreeDictionary.org
  18. gastrocnemius: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. gastrocnemius: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gastrocnemius: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gastrocnemius: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  4. gastrocnemius: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gastrocnemius)

▸ noun:  The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.

Similar:
Gastrocnemius muscle, Achilles tendon, soleus, plantaris, calcaneal tendon, Achilles heel, tendo Achillis, tibialis, triceps surae, tibialis anterior, more...

Opposite:
anterior tibialis, shin muscle, dorsiflexor

Phrases:
Gastrocnemius muscle, gastrocnemius muscles, bursa of gastrocnemius, more...

Adjectives:
medial, lateral, human, left, tight, rat, right, isolated, normal, denervated, musculus

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Similar:
Gastrocnemius muscle, Achilles tendon, soleus, plantaris, calcaneal tendon, Achilles heel, tendo Achillis, tibialis, triceps surae, tibialis anterior, more...

Opposite:
anterior tibialis, shin muscle, dorsiflexor

Phrases:
Gastrocnemius muscle, gastrocnemius muscles, bursa of gastrocnemius, more...

Adjectives:
medial, lateral, human, left, tight, rat, right, isolated, normal, denervated, musculus



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