popliteal

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popliteal (pop-LIT-ee-uhl, pop-li-TEE-uhl) - n., of, pertaining to, or near the back of the knee.


Where the tendons of the hamstrings are, as well as other important bits that make your legs function. Adopted in the 1790s from Medical Latin popliteus, the muscle behind the knee joint, from Latin poples, the ham of the knee.

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