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Definition: Extensor |
ExtensorNoun1. A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "extensor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Etymology: Extensor \Ex*ten"sor\, noun. [Latin expression, one who stretches. See Extend.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A muscle whose contraction tends to straighten a limb; the antagonist of a flexor. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: ExtensorSynonym: extensor muscle (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: flexor muscle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Extensor |
| English words defined with "extensor": leg extensor ♦ musculospiral nerve ♦ nervus radialis ♦ radial nerve ♦ Wrist drop. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "extensor": De Quervain's disease, De Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis, de Quervain's tenosynovitis, DeQuervain's disease. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Extensor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (expander, extensor), Romanian (developer, extensor, stretcher), Spanish (chest expander). |
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| "Extensor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Extensor" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "extensor": extensor muscle ♦ leg extensor. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
extensor hallucis longus | 5 |
extensor | 5 |
del extensor pulgar | 4 |
extensor peniano | 4 |
extensor tendonitis | 4 |
extensor tendon | 4 |
extensor muscle | 3 |
carpi extensor longus radialis | 2 |
extensor retinaculum | 2 |
extensor injury tendon | 2 |
brevis carpi extensor radialis | 2 |
digitorum extensor longus | 2 |
extensor horse tendon | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "extensor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | muskul zgjatues. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разтегателен мускул. (various references) | |
Chinese | 伸张机. (various references) | |
Czech | sval (muscle). (various references) | |
Danish | extensor, ekstensor, strækker, strækkemuskel. (various references) | |
Dutch | extensor, strekspier, musculus extensor. (various references) | |
French | extenseur (extender). (various references) | |
German | streckmuskel (protractor). (various references) | |
Greek | εκτείνων μυς (tensor), τανύων μυσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | feszítõizom. (various references) | |
Italian | muscolo estensore. (various references) | |
Korean | 신근. (various references) | |
Manx | sheeynteyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extensoray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extensor (expander), músculo extensor (protractor). (various references) | |
Romanian | extensor (developer, stretcher). (various references) | |
Russian | экстензор, разгибающая мышца, разгибатель. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ekstenzor. (various references) | |
Spanish | músculo extensor. (various references) | |
Turkish | ekstensor, uzatıcı kas (protractor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | екстензор. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "extensor": extensors. (additional references) | |
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"Extensor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Entelnor, Estenssoro, extensa, extense, extenso. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-n-o-r-s-t-x" | |
-1 letter: estrone, externs. | |
-2 letters: enters, exerts, exsert, extern, nester, nestor, noters, oxters, renest, rentes, resent, sexton, stereo, stoner, tenors, tenser, tensor, ternes, toners, treens, trones. | |
-3 letters: enter, ernes, erose, ester, exert, exons, nerts, noter, notes, onset, oxter, reest, rente, rents, reset, rexes, roset, rotes, senor, sente, seton, sexto, sneer, snore, snort, steer, steno, stere. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-n-o-r-s-t-x" | |
+1 letter: exertions, exsertion, extensors. | |
+2 letters: excretions, exonerates, exsertions, extraneous, nonexperts. | |
+3 letters: contextures, excerptions, execrations, extenuators, naltrexones, neocortexes, overextends, pyroxenites, tinderboxes. | |
+4 letters: enterotoxins, exasperation, executioners, exonerations, exorbitances, expectorants, extensometer, extortioners, extraneously, extrasensory, extraversion, extroversion, heteroauxins. | |
+5 letters: dexterousness, exacerbations, exaggerations, exasperations, exenterations, exercitations, exhibitioners, expressionist, extemporising, extensometers, exteriorising, exterminators, extraversions, extroversions, letterboxings, overanxieties, overexertions, overextension, proximateness, reannexations, retroflexions. | |
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