flexor

CEFRC2

/ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A muscle that bends a joint.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.

Examples

  • He strained his wrist flexor muscle during the workout.

  • The flexor muscle was strained.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The flexor tendon was damaged.

  • Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

His bicep muscle is a powerful arm blank, responsible for bending his elbow joint.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”).