DORSIFLEXION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of bending backward (of the body or a body part)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dorsiflexion" is a kind of...):

flexion; flexure (act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased)

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