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popliteal (pop-LIT-ee-uhl, pop-li-TEE-uhl) - adj., pertaining to or located behind the knee; pertaining to the ham.
An entry for the "there's really a word for that?" department. The ham being the back of the lower thigh, where the hamstrings are. Borrowed in the 1780s from medical Latin (what else?) popliteus, from Latin poples, knee joint (especially the back of the knee).
---L.
An entry for the "there's really a word for that?" department. The ham being the back of the lower thigh, where the hamstrings are. Borrowed in the 1780s from medical Latin (what else?) popliteus, from Latin poples, knee joint (especially the back of the knee).
---L.
