Associations to the word «Gastrocnemius»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

GASTROCNEMIUS, noun. 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope