EXTENSOR MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extensor muscle mean? 

• EXTENSOR MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun EXTENSOR MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part

  Familiarity information: EXTENSOR MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTENSOR MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

extensor; extensor muscle

Hypernyms ("extensor muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extensor muscle"):

musculus quadriceps femoris; quad; quadriceps; quadriceps femoris (a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg)

 Context examples 

A condition characterized by pain in or near the lateral humeral epicondyle or in the forearm extensor muscle mass as a result of unusual strain.

(Lateral Epicondylitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)