noun
Meaning 1
A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flexor
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flexor muscle
Antonyms: extensor
Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle
History
Etymology
From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”).
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 屈肌 (qūjī) — muscle
- Dutch: buigspier — muscle
- Finnish: koukistajalihas — muscle
- French: fléchisseur — muscle
- French: fléchisseurs — muscle
- German: Beuger — muscle
- German: Beugemuskel — muscle
- German: Flexor — muscle
- Greek: καμπτήρας (kamptíras) — muscle
- Hungarian: hajlítóizom — muscle
- Ido: flexanto — muscle
- Occitan: flageire — muscle
- Occitan: flageira — muscle
- Occitan: feblaire — muscle
- Occitan: feblaira — muscle
- Occitan: gimblaire — muscle
- Occitan: gimblaira — muscle
- Polish: zginacz — muscle
- Russian: сгиба́тель (sgibátelʹ) — muscle
- Russian: фле́ксор (fléksor) — muscle
- Swedish: flexor — muscle
- Swedish: böjmuskel — muscle