gastrocnemius muscle

1. 1.

   the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot

   Synonymsgastrocnemius

   Broaderskeletal muscle

   Part ofcalf

Questions about gastrocnemius muscle

What does gastrocnemius muscle mean?

gastrocnemius muscle means "the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot".

What is another word for gastrocnemius muscle?

Close synonyms include gastrocnemius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gastrocnemius muscle a common word?

gastrocnemius muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.