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Webster 1913 Edition

Flexor

Flex′or

,

Noun.

[NL.]

(Anat.)

A muscle which bends or flexes any part;

as, the

flexors

of the arm or the hand

; – opposed to

extensor

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flexor

FLEX'OR

,

Noun.

In anatomy, a muscle whose office is to bend the part to which it belongs, in opposition to the extensors.