also: からすなめり · からすなえり
calf cramp; charley horse
Medical term for a sudden, painful muscle cramp in the calf. The common colloquial term is こむら返り.
See also: こむら返り
I woke up with a start when I got a calf cramp in the middle of the night.
If you don't exercise enough, you're prone to getting calf cramps.
abductor muscle
Standard kanji form for the medical/technical term.
Archaic or dialectal kana form; rarely used in modern standard Japanese.
Variant of からすなめり; even less common.
From 転 (turning, sudden change) and 筋 (muscle), referring to a sudden muscle spasm. The readings からすなめり and からすなえり are of uncertain origin, possibly dialectal or archaic.