flexorplasty

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noun

Any of various surgical treatments for weakness or limited action of a flexor muscle.

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Meanings

nounflexorplasty (countable and uncountable, plural flexorplasties)

plural flexorplasties

  1. countableuncountableAny of various surgical treatments for weakness or limited action of a flexor muscle.

    This flexorplasty was devised by Arthur Steindler in 1918.

    2000, Hideo Kawai, Brachial Plexus Palsy, page 264
    2 more examples

    Carroll and Gartland noted that approximately half of the 23 patients who were improved by the flexorplasty had pronation defects.

    2009, Bernard F. Morrey, Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, The Elbow and Its Disorders, page 965

    The mean arc of active flexion after flexorplasty was 95 degrees.

    2012, Kevin C. Chung, Hand and Wrist Surgery, page 215

Origin

From flexor + -plasty.

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flexorplasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flexorplasty

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“flexorplasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flexorplasty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flexorplasty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flexorplasty.

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