flexor

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flexor

/ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/

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

noun flexors · flector

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

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noun muscle

中文	屈肌 qūjī
Français	fléchisseur, fléchisseurs
Deutsch	Beuger, Beugemuskel, Flexor
Ελληνικά	καμπτήρας kamptíras
Русский	сгиба́тель sgibátelʹ, фле́ксор fléksor

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@misc{flexor_2026,
  title = {flexor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flexor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}