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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POPLIT'EAL
POPLIT'IC, a. [from L. poples,the ham.]
Pertaining to the ham or knee joint.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: of or relating to the area behind the knee joint
Merriam Webster's
adjective Etymology: New Latin popliteus, from Latin poplit-, poples knee joint, back of the knee Date: 1786 of or relating to the back part of the leg behind the knee joint
Oxford Reference Dictionary
adj. of the hollow at the back of the knee. Etymology: mod.L popliteus f. L poples -itis this hollow
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Popliteal Pop*lit"e*al (?; 277), a. [From L. poples, -itis, the ham.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.
