gastrocnemius
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Noun — The muscle at the back of the calf, which connects to the Achilles tendon at the heel.
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It is an anatomical term, more common in medical and sporting settings than in everyday speech.
Etymology
The word was borrowed in the 1670s from New Latin, which took it from the Ancient Greek gastroknēmía, meaning calf of the leg. The Greek combines gastḗr, meaning belly, with knḗmē, meaning leg.
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