calf muscle

collocation in English

meaningsofcalfandmuscle

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calf
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːf/us
/kæf/
a young cow, or the young of various other large mammals such as elephants ...
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muscle
noun
uk
/ˈmʌs.əl/us
/ˈmʌs.əl/
one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to ...
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(Definition ofcalfandmusclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The preventive effect of acetylsalicylic acid is small, and the benefits of compression stockings andcalfmusclepumping vary with the clinical situation.
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Thecalfmusclecan also be activated, but the leg must be raised behind the body as to make gravity resisting the flexion.
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In particular, thecalfmuscleof the leading leg is responsible for imparting additional upward momentum to the body at the final moment of launch.
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The keeper suffered a deep bite wound to his leftcalfmuscletearing part of it, requiring 18 stitches.
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This requires the engagement of thecalfmuscle, along with various other muscles in the foot and shin to stabilize the joint.
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The main difference is that being below the ankle, thecalfmuscleis not activated at all in wearing them.
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He blamed his loss on a torn rightcalfmuscle.
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The sign is positive whencalfmusclespasm occurs on raising the affected leg with the foot extended.
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As a person walks, thecalfmusclecontracts, squeezing lymph out of the leg via the lymphatic vessels.
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The more that the feet are forced into this position, the more it may cause the gastrocnemius muscle (part of thecalfmuscle) to shorten.
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Mohi injured hiscalfmusclewhile performing the haka and had to be replaced.
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Along with the soleus muscle it forms thecalfmuscle.
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This was eventually diagnosed as a gastrocnemius tear in his leftcalfmuscle.
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However, injury struck again; a tear to his rightcalfmuscleruled him out of action until round 21 of the season.
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However, an abscess on hiscalfmuscleforced him to give up dancing.
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The torncalfmusclemay spasm, and contract forcefully.
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Only one case of myositis of the calf muscles was present in our sample.
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