flexor
flexor · flexors
сгибатель, флексор
Beuger, Beugemuskel, Flexor
A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limbA muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
/ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/
» A flexor is a muscle that brings toward each other two parts of the body that are connected at a joint.
Meaning
1 sensesA muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Beuger, Beugemuskel, Flexor
сгиба́тельsgibátelʹ, фле́ксорfléksor
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
Examples
1 sentencesA flexor is a muscle that brings toward each other two parts of the body that are connected at a joint.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”).From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”).
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Forms
plural: flexorsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint:flexor muscle