外転

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	転
がい Grade: 2	てん Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
外轉 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

外 (“ex-; out-”) +‎ 転 (“movement”)

Noun

外(がい)転(てん) • (gaiten) 

1. (anatomy) abduction

   Antonym: 内転 (naiten)

   Coordinate terms: 回外 (kaigai), 回旋 (kaisen), 回内 (kainai), 屈曲 (kukkyoku), 伸展 (shinten)

2. (Chinese phonetics) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Antonym: 内転 (naiten)

   Hypernym: 内外転 (naigaiten)

See also

• 外(がい)転(てん)筋(きん) (gaitenkin)