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EXTENSOR MUSCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
Synonyms:
extensor; extensor muscle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("extensor muscle" is a kind of...):
skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extensor muscle"):
musculus quadriceps femoris; quad; quadriceps; quadriceps femoris (a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg)
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