flexor
pronunciation
How to pronounce flexor in British English:
UK [ˈfleksə(r)]
How to pronounce flexor in American English:
US [ˈfleksɔr]
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- Noun:
- a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
Word Origin
- flexor (n.)
- 1610s, of muscles, Modern Latin, agent noun from stem of Latin flectere "to bend" (see flexible). Alternative form flector attested from 1660s (see flexion).
Example
- 1. Push the right hip forward to stretch the flexor muscle .
- 2. Objective to observe the effect of gold foil in prevention of flexor tendon adhesion .
- 3. Injury of muscles and tendons , tenosynovitis of flexor digitorum .
- 4. Effects of jump training on extensor and flexor muscle strength in teenagers .
- 5. Background : pyogenic flexor tenosynoitis is a closed space infection inoling the digital flexor tendon sheaths of the upper extremity that can cause considerable morbidity .