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    FLEXOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a jointplay

    Synonyms:

    flexor; flexor muscle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("flexor" 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)

    Antonym:

    extensor (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)

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