"flexor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/ Forms: flexors [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|flexor}} New Latin flexor Head templates: {{en-noun}} flexor (plural flexors)
  1. A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb. Wikipedia link: flexor Categories (topical): Muscles Synonyms: flector [dated] Derived forms: flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum communis, flexor digitorum profundus, flexor digitorum superficialis Related terms: biceps, extensor Translations (muscle): 屈肌 (qūjī) (Chinese Mandarin), buigspier [feminine] (Dutch), koukistajalihas (Finnish), fléchisseur [masculine] (French), fléchisseurs [plural] (French), Beuger [masculine] (German), Beugemuskel [masculine] (German), Flexor [masculine] (German), hajlítóizom (Hungarian), flexanto (Ido), flageire [masculine] (Occitan), flageira [feminine] (Occitan), feblaire [masculine] (Occitan), feblaira [feminine] (Occitan), gimblaire [masculine] (Occitan), gimblaira [feminine] (Occitan), zginacz [masculine] (Polish), сгиба́тель (sgibátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), фле́ксор (fléksor) [masculine] (Russian), flexor [common-gender] (Swedish), böjmuskel [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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