Hypertext Webster Gateway: "psoas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Psoas \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
psoas
n : either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex
the trunk and rotate the thigh
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