Definitions for soleus

soleus so·le·us

Spelling: [soh-lee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈsoʊ li əs/

Soleus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in soleus (elossu).

Definitions for soleus

noun

  1. a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.

Origin of soleus

1670-80; New Latin, masculine derivative of Latin solea sandal; see sole2

Examples for soleus

Here the artery is separated from the inner border of the tibia, by the flexor longus digitorum, and is covered by the soleus.

Then she raised one of them, and her fingers explored the common tendon of the soleus and gastrocnemius.

Professor Pancoast divides the inferior portion of the soleus muscle instead of the tendo Achillis.

On the back of the leg the most important muscles, forming what is known as the calf, are the gastrocnemius and the soleus.

Word Value for soleus
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