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Psoas

Psoas Meaning & Definition
Psoas Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Psoas?

[n] either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh

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See Also | skeletal muscle

Psoas In Webster's Dictionary

\Pso"as\, n. [Gr. ? a muscle of the loin: cf. f. psoas.] (Anat.) An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebr[ae] and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.

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