Usually means: Calf muscle, aids in walking.
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  1. soleus: Merriam-Webster
  2. soleus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. soleus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. soleus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soleus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Soleus, soleus: Wordnik
  7. Soleus, Soleus, Soleus: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. soleus: Wiktionary
  9. soleus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. soleus: Dictionary.com
  11. Soleus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. soleus: Rhymezone
  13. soleus: FreeDictionary.org
  14. soleus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. soleus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. soleus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. soleus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  4. soleus: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (soleus)

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

Similar:
Soleus muscle, gastrocnemius, plantaris, vastus lateralis, triceps surae, peroneus longus, vastus, vastus externus, peroneus brevis, tailor's muscle, more...

Opposite:
anterior, posterior, front, back, dorsal

Phrases:
Soleus muscle, soleus muscles, more...

Adjectives:
rat, slow, accessory, underlying, normal, human, denervated, right, isolated, twitch, lateral

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Similar:
Soleus muscle, gastrocnemius, plantaris, vastus lateralis, triceps surae, peroneus longus, vastus, vastus externus, peroneus brevis, tailor's muscle, more...

Opposite:
anterior, posterior, front, back, dorsal

Phrases:
Soleus muscle, soleus muscles, more...

Adjectives:
rat, slow, accessory, underlying, normal, human, denervated, right, isolated, twitch, lateral



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