Thesaurus: flexor
A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
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Definitions
- n. A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
- n. a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
- A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
- A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of thearm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
- n:100 n a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint