flexor

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”)

Noun

flexor (plural flexors)

1. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

     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.

Translations

muscle

• Dutch: buigspier (nl) f
• Finnish: koukistajalihas
• French: fléchisseur (fr) m, fléchisseurs (fr) pl
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• Hungarian: hajlítóizom (hu)
• Ido: flexanto
• Occitan: flageire m, flageira f, feblaire m, feblaira f, gimblaire m, gimblaira f

See also

• biceps
• extensor

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Spanish

Adjective

1. (anatomy) flexor

Further reading

• “flexor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014