flexor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a muscle whose contraction bends a joint or reduces the angle between body parts

   The flexor in the forearm curls the finger toward the palm.

Appears in

From New Latin flexor, formed from Latin flectere, 'to bend,' + the agent suffix -or. Anatomists paired flexor with extensor for muscles that respectively decrease and increase the angle at a joint.

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