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窩: hollow

hollow; socket
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Readings

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カ・ワ
Kun
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Medical suffix for a hollow or fossa: 眼窩 (eye socket), 腋窩 (armpit), 膝窩 (back of the knee). Read カ.

Key words

眼窩がんかeye socket
腋窩えきかarmpit
膝窩しっかback of the knee
関節窩かんせつかjoint socket (glenoid)

Example sentences

The eyeball and optic nerve sit in the eye socket of the skull.

The nurse took the temperature in the armpit.

The hollow behind the knee is called the popliteal fossa, and large blood vessels run through it.

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