A flexor is a muscle that brings toward each other two parts of the body that are connected at a joint.
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Flexor
//ˈflɛksə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "flexor" (2 found)
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22 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 屈肌 noun (muscle)
Dutch
1 entries- buigspier noun (muscle)
Finnish
1 entries- koukistajalihas noun (muscle)
French
2 entries- fléchisseur noun (muscle)
- fléchisseurs noun (muscle)
German
3 entries- Beugemuskel noun (muscle)
- Beuger noun (muscle)
- Flexor noun (muscle)
Greek
1 entries- καμπτήρας noun (muscle)
Hungarian
1 entries- hajlítóizom noun (muscle)
Ido
1 entries- flexanto noun (muscle)
Occitan
4 entries- feblaira noun (muscle)
- feblaire noun (muscle)
- flageira noun (muscle)
- flageire noun (muscle)
Polish
1 entries- zginacz noun (muscle)
Russian
2 entries- сгиба́тель noun (muscle)
- фле́ксор noun (muscle)
Swedish
2 entries- böjmuskel noun (muscle)
- flexor noun (muscle)
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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.
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