Extensor

Synonyms for "extensor" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
extensor muscle

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
extendingextension muscle

Related word relations

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More general

4 entries
anatomical termmuscleskeletal musclestriated muscle

More specific

5 entries
extensor carpi radialisextensor carpi radialis longusextensor digiti minimiextensor digitorumextensor pollicis longus

Collocations

9 entries
extensor carpi radialisextensor carpi radialis longusextensor digitorumextensor hallucis longusextensor mechanismextensor muscleextensor musclesextensor pollicis longusextensor tendon

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries
extensionextensor muscleextensor tendon

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

Source: wiktionary

The bird is then off on a mad dash like an aquatic Roadrunner cartoon: It spreads its legs wide with strong extensor thrusts and long forward strides, and it then steps in the water four or five times, increasing its speed and flapping its wings until it achieves liftoff with a final drag of its toes in the water.

Source: wiktionary

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