FLEXOR MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flexor muscle mean? 

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

1. a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLEXOR MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

flexor; flexor muscle

Hypernyms ("flexor 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)