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Definition of Extensor
1. Noun. A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Specialized synonyms: Musculus Quadriceps Femoris, Quad, Quadriceps, Quadriceps Femoris
Derivative terms: Extend, Extend
Antonyms: Flexor
Definition of Extensor
1. n. A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
Definition of Extensor
1. Noun. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extensor
1. a muscle that extends a limb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Extensor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Extensor
Literary usage of Extensor
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)
"By its superficial surface, with the superficial extensor and Supinator muscles,
and the radial vessels and nerve; by its deep surface, with the elbow-joint ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"It then crosses obliquely the tendons of the extensor carpi radialis longior anil
brevior, being separated from the other extensor tendons of the thumb by a ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"ON THE extensor PROPRIUS INDICTS DIGITI, AND ITS VARIATIONS IN MAN AND THE MAMMALIA.
The most extensive aiid trustworthy series of statistics relating to ..."
4. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"This is the anterior extensor of the metacarpus in Solipeds i fig. 125, A, 5, 6, 7).
The terminal tendon divides into five branches, one fur each digit (fig ..."
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