括約筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: S
やく
Grade: 4
きん
Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

括約 (katsuyaku, tightening up) + (-kin, muscle), calque of New Latin sphinctēr

Pronunciation

Noun

(かつ)(やく)(きん) (katsuyakukin) くわつやくきん (kwatuyakukin)?

  1. (anatomy) a sphincter
    Hyponyms: オッディ括約筋 (Oddi katsuyakukin), 肛門括約筋 (kōmon katsuyakukin), 瞳孔括約筋 (dōkō katsuyakukin), 尿道括約筋 (nyōdō katsuyakukin), 膀胱括約筋 (bōkō katsuyakukin)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

括約筋 (gwaryakgeun) (hangeul 괄약근)

  1. Hanja form? of 괄약근 (sphincter).
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