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POPLITEUS

\pˈɒpla͡ɪtɪəs], \pˈɒpla‍ɪtɪəs], \p_ˈɒ_p_l_aɪ_t_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of POPLITEUS

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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A muscle of the leg.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Origin: External condyle of femur, posterior ligament of knee-joint. Insertion: Surface above oblique line of tibia. Nerve: Internal popliteal. Action: Flexes leg, and when flexed rotates it in.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

See Poplitaeus

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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