Etymology

flexor

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Today it means: A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb. Full definition →

New Latin flexor
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromflexor
  2. English todayflexor

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

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