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soleus

Syllables: so·le·us/səʊˈliː.əs/US/ˈsoʊ.li.əs/

soleus noun: a broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.

Noun

soleus (plural solei)

  1. A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.
    • At one, three, six, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours' postburn period, the bilateral soleus muscles were removed and immediately incubated in Kreb-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer […]1995, Kiyonori Harii, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, page 488

soleus meaning in Tamil and Bengali

soleus in Tamil

கணுக்கால் மூட்டு மடக்கு தசை

soleus in Bengali

একটি চওড়া

Forms of soleus

pluralsolei

Origin of soleus

Clipping of musculus soleus, a relative adjective to Latin solum.

Words formed from soleus

Questions about soleus

What does soleus mean?
Soleus means a broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.
What is soleus in Tamil?
Soleus in Tamil is கணுக்கால் மூட்டு மடக்கு தசை. See Soleus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soleus?
Soleus is a noun.
How do you pronounce soleus?
Soleus is pronounced /səʊˈliː.əs/ (UK).
What is the plural of soleus?
The plural of soleus is solei.

Words near soleus in the dictionary

  1. soles
  2. Solesbee
  3. Solesbees
  4. soleship
  5. soleships
  6. soleus
  7. Soley
  8. Soleys
  9. Solești
  10. solfa
  11. solfaed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soleus (page history and authors); soleus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soleus (Bengali 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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