1. The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
   - flection, flexion 
2. An angular or rounded shape made by folding
   "a flexure of the colon"
   - fold, crease, plication, crimp, bend 
3. Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
   - flexion

Derived forms: flexures

See also: flex

Type of: angular shape, angularity, bending, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

Encyclopedia: Flexure

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