different between flexion vs psoas

English

Etymology

From Latin flexi?.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?fl?k.??n/

Noun

flexion (countable and uncountable, plural flexions)

1. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
2. The state of being bent or flexed.
3. Deviation from straightness.
4. (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin flexi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl?k.sj??/

Noun

flexion f (plural flexions)

1. (grammar) inflection

Further reading

• “flexion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (psóas, “of the muscle of the loins”), genitive singular of ??? (psóa).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so?.?s/, /?so?.æs/
• Hyphenation: pso?as

Noun

psoas (plural psoae or psoai or psoas or psoases)

1. (anatomy) Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.

Derived terms

• iliopsoas

Related terms

• psoitis

Translations

Anagrams

• Pasos, possa, soaps

Romanian

Etymology

From French psoas.

Noun

psoas m (plural psoa?i)

1. psoas

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (psóas).

Noun

psoas m (plural psoas)

1. psoas

Derived terms

• iliopsoas
• psoasilíaco

Further reading

• “psoas” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.