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noun
A muscle in the intermediate layer of the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One of the flexor digitorum communis muscles
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History
From flexor (muscle that bends) + Latin digitorum (genitive singular; literally "finger") + Latin superficialis (relating to the surface), in all, "surface bending finger muscle".
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