腰筋

腰筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腰	筋
よう Grade: S	きん Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

腰 (“loins”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin musculus psoas

Noun

腰(よう)筋(きん) • (yōkin) 

1. (anatomy) a psoas muscle

See also

• 小(しょう)腰(よう)筋(きん) (shōyōkin)
• 大(だい)腰(よう)筋(きん) (daiyōkin)
• 腸(ちょう)腰(よう)筋(きん) (chōyōkin)