Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

popliteal

Syllabification: (pop·lit·e·al)
Pronunciation: /päpˈlitēəl, ˌpäpləˈtēəl/
Definition of popliteal

adjective

Anatomy
  • relating to or situated in the hollow at the back of the knee.

Origin:

early 18th century: from modern Latin popliteus (from Latin poples, poplit- 'hollow of the knee') + -al

popliteal in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of popliteal in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

epithalamium

/ ˌepəTHəˈlāmēəm /
noun
a song or poem celebrating a marriage …