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psoas
[ soh-uhs ]
noun
- either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
psoas
/ ˈsəʊəs /
noun
- either of two muscles of the loins that aid in flexing and rotating the thigh
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Other Words From
- pso·at·ic [soh-, at, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psoas1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psoas1
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Example Sentences
If the subjacent iliac and psoas muscles be implicated, the thigh is flexed upon the leg in decubitus.
This boy died before he was 20, with a psoas abscess, and I remember crying myself to sleep the night I learned of his death.
Hyperæsthesia developed in more than one case in which injury to the psoas had led to hæmorrhage into the muscle sheath.
Blood-staining of psoas sheath; no injury to vertebral column or to bowel detected.
In one pound weight of the psoas muscles Fleming counted no less than 300 Cysticerci.
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