flexor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flexor (plural flexors)
- A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
- 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:
- Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
muscle
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See also[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
flexor (feminine flexora, masculine plural flexores, feminine plural flexoras)
Further reading[edit]
- “flexor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014