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flexor

Noun

flex=or

WORDNET DICTIONARY

flexor(n = noun.body) flexor muscle - a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint; Array

is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Antonym: extensor

flexor, n. [NL.].

A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor. [1913 Webster]

flexor, n. (in full flexor muscle) a muscle that bends part of the body (cf. EXTENSOR).

Etymology

mod.L (as FLEX(1))

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