flexorn.
/ˈflɛksə/, /ˈflɛksɔː/, U.S. /ˈflɛksər/, /ˈflɛkˌsɔr/ 1. A muscle whose function it is to produce flexion in any part of the body. Opposed to extensor.
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sphincter1578
raiser1588
in-muscle?1609
oblique1612
abducens1615
abductor1615
adductor1615
antagonist1615
bender1615
depressor1615
extender1615
flexor1615
levator1615
quadratus1615
rectus1615
retractor1615
sphincter-muscle1615
accelerator1638
bicepsa1641
elevator1646
adducent1649
lifter1649
rotator1657
flector1666
contractor1682
dilater1683
orbicularis palpebrarum1694
transverse muscle1696
tensor muscle1704
biventer1706
extensor1713
attollent1728
constrictor1741
dilator1741
risibles1785
orbicularis oculi1797
obliquus1799
erector1828
extensor-muscle1830
compressor1836
trans-muscle1836
antagonizer1844
motor1846
evertor1848
inflector1851
protractor1853
prime mover1860
orbicular1872
transversalis1872
invertor1875
skeletal muscle1877
dilatator1878
occlusor muscle1878
sphincter1879
pilomotor1892
agonist1896
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 743 The two Flexors and the two extensors.
1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 331 The Flexors of the great toe.
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish iii. 99 The flexors of the abdomen.
2. attributive in flexor muscle, flexor surface, flexor tendon.
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1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 328 This Bone is concave, for lodging the Flexor-muscles.
1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus x. 37 in A. Pope Wks. II Flatterers, who have the flexor Muscles so strong that they are always bowing and cringing.
1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) i. 14 Through the whole course of the flexor tendon.
1881 St. G. Mivart in Nature No. 615. 337 A spine which projects vertically from the inner, or flexor surface of each finger or toe.
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