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Definition: Flexor |
FlexorNoun1. A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flexor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Etymology: Flexor \Flex"or\, noun. [New Latin]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Muscles which flex a joint. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: FlexorSynonym: flexor muscle (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: extensor muscle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flexor |
| English words defined with "flexor": Flector ♦ Heteropelmous ♦ Iliopsoas ♦ leg curl, leg curling ♦ Schizopelmous, Synpelmous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flexor": 5th Glove ♦ bicipital tendonitis ♦ epicondylitis medialis humeri ♦ golf elbow, golfer's elbow, golfers'elbow ♦ medial epicondylitis, medial humeral condyle ♦ Psoas Muscles ♦ Songbirds, synovial sheath ♦ tendon sheath. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flexor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (flexor), Spanish (flexor). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | As the patient reaches stage three, changes in the skin and bones become irreversible, and pain becomes unyielding and may now involve the entire limb. There is marked muscle atrophy, severely limited mobility of the affected area, and flexor tendon contractions (contractions of the muscles and tendons that flex the joints). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Flexor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flexor" is used about 17 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% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "flexor": flexor muscle. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "flexor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | العضلة القابضة (constrictor). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | флексор (tensor). (various references) | |
Chinese | 屈肌. (various references) | |
Danish | fleksor, bøjemuskel. (various references) | |
Dutch | buigspier. (various references) | |
Finnish | fleksori, koukistajalihas, koukistaja. (various references) | |
French | fléchisseur:muscle fléchisseur, fléchisseur. (various references) | |
German | beugemuskel (flexors). (various references) | |
Greek | καμπτήρασ, καμπτήρας μυς, καμπτήρ, μυσ (brawn, muscle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכופף, כופף. (various references) | |
Italian | muscolo flessore. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 屈筋 (flexor muscle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くっきん (flexor muscle). (various references) | |
Korean | 굴근. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exorflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flexor, músculo flexor. (various references) | |
Russian | сгибающая мышца. (various references) | |
Spanish | flexor. (various references) | |
Swedish | flexormuskel, böjmuskel. (various references) | |
Turkish | fleksör kas (retractor), bükülme hareketini yaptıran kas. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | згинач. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flexor": flexors. (additional references) | |
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"Flexor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alxenor, felox, flanor, flexa, flexer, flexo, fluxer, fluxor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "flexor" (pronounced 'Flex"or'): Acceptor, Assertor, Assessor, Assistor, Assizor, Attractor, Chantor, Circumventor, Co-assessor, Collector, Compressor, Conductor, Confessor, Conjector, Connector, Consignor, Constrictor, constructor, Contractor, Contradictor, Conveyor, Corrector, Countor, Cruor, Debtor, Decolor, Deflector, Deforceor, Devisor, Duressor, Embraceor, Encolor, Escheator, grantor, ignitor, inductor, inspector, instructor, INVENTOR, investor, Mainor, Maintainor, manor, mayor, Miscolor, misdemeanor, Nonconductor, Objector, Oppressor, Overcolor. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-l-o-r-x" | |
-2 letters: flex, floe, fore, froe, lore, orle, role, rolf. | |
-3 letters: elf, fer, foe, for, fox, fro, lex, lox, ole, ore, ref, rex, roe. | |
-4 letters: ef, el, er, ex, lo, oe, of, or, ox, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-l-o-r-x" | |
+1 letter: flexors. | |
+2 letters: fourplex. | |
+3 letters: plexiform, reflexion, retroflex. | |
+4 letters: fourplexes, reflexions. | |
+5 letters: flexography, reflexology. | |
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