Noun: soleus
| Singular | soleus |
| Plural | solei |
Sample Sentences
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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:]
Nouns inflected like soleus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Clipping of musculus soleus, a relative adjective to Latin solum. See: Latin Nouns '
solum'.