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.

Common collocations

• flexor muscle Noun + noun

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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