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FLEXOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
Synonyms:
flexor; flexor muscle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flexor" 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)
Antonym:
extensor (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)
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