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Definition of Flexor
1. Noun. A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint.
Definition of Flexor
1. n. A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
Definition of Flexor
1. Noun. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flexor
1. a muscle that serves to bend a bodily part [n -S]
Medical Definition of Flexor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flexor
Literary usage of Flexor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The flexor longus pollicis is situated on the radial side of the forearm, lying
on the same plane as the preceding. It arises from the grooved anterior ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Second layer. accessorius, the tendon of the flexor longue hallucis, ... The long
flexor tendons cross each other at an acute angle, the flexor longus ..."
3. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"Long commun de» orteil*, flexor longus digitorum pedis profundus perforans—/.
... The state of being bent. The action of a flexor muscle. flexor. ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The long flexor tendons diverge from each other at an acute angle; the flexor
hallucis longus runs along the inner side of the foot, on a plane superior to ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"In subject 9 was a muscular connexion of the flexor sublimis with the origin of the
... The variations of the flexor profundus digitorum in three subjects ..."
6. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"all the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus into connection with the tendon
of the flexor hallucis longus. The musculus quadratus plants, ..."
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