2. Noun. (anatomy) Any muscle that turns a body part inwards ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Invertor
1. a type of electrical device [n -S]
Medical Definition of Invertor
1. A muscle that inverts or causes inversion or turns a part, such as the foot, inward. Origin: see inversion (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invertor
Literary usage of Invertor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"... and invertor femoris of Owen, alleged as great peculiarities of the higher
apes do not, and never did, exist, either in the Chimpanzee or the Orang or ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"... and invertor femoris of Owen, alleged as great peculiarities of the higher
apes do not, and never did, exist, either in the Chimpanzee or the Orang or ..."
3. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"... and invertor of the anterior group, must result in equino- valgus. Paralysis of
the tibialis ..."
4. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Entire male. br, brain; bu, copulatory bursa; eg cement glands; cr, cement
receptacle; inr, invertor of neck region; /, lemniscus; pr, proboscis receptacle; ..."
5. University of Toronto Studies by University of Toronto (1900)
"... who called it the " invertor femoris," holding that it was a powerful rotator
of the thigh and could have very little effect in drawing the thigh up. ..."
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