Associations to the word «Popliteal»

Wiktionary

POPLITEAL, adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the popliteus (the area behind the knee). [From 18th c.]
POPLITEAL FOSSA, noun. (anatomy) poplit (shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint)

Dictionary definition

POPLITEAL, adjective. Of or relating to the area behind the knee joint.

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