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iliopsoas

Syllables: il·i·o·pso·asUS/ˌɪl.i.oʊˈsoʊ.əs/

iliopsoas noun: a compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.

Noun

iliopsoas (plural iliopsoases or iliopsoai)

  1. A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
    • Look at those iliopsoases working!
    • 5. Muscle tightness: Inflexibility of the hamstrings, the iliotibial tracts, and iliopsoai tends to aggravate lower backache.1998, Richard Irvin, Duane Iversen, Steven Roy, Sports Medicine: Prevention, Assessment, Management, and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries, 2nd edition, Boston: Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN, page 317

iliopsoas meaning in Tamil

iliopsoas in Tamil

இடுப்பு உடல் மடக்குத்தசை, இடுப்பு உடல் மடக்குத் தசை

Forms of iliopsoas

pluraliliopsoases
pluraliliopsoai

Origin of iliopsoas

From ilio- + psoas.

Questions about iliopsoas

What does iliopsoas mean?
Iliopsoas means a compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
What is iliopsoas in Tamil?
Iliopsoas in Tamil is இடுப்பு உடல் மடக்குத்தசை, இடுப்பு உடல் மடக்குத் தசை. See Iliopsoas meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is iliopsoas?
Iliopsoas is a noun.
How do you pronounce iliopsoas?
Iliopsoas is pronounced /ˌɪl.i.oʊˈsoʊ.əs/ (US).
What is the plural of iliopsoas?
The plural of iliopsoas is iliopsoases.

Words near iliopsoas in the dictionary

  1. iliopectineal
  2. iliopelvic
  3. iliophagous
  4. Iliopoulos
  5. Iliopouloses
  6. iliopsoas
  7. iliopsoases
  8. iliopubic
  9. iliosacral
  10. iliosacralis
  11. ilioscrotal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: iliopsoas (page history and authors); iliopsoas (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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