flexor

noun

flex·​or ˈflek-sər How to pronounce flexor (audio) -ˌsȯr How to pronounce flexor (audio)
: a muscle serving to bend a body part (such as a limb)

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Stay here or deepen the pose by folding your torso toward the floor—this will stretch hip flexors and glutes even more. Danielle Zickl, SELF, 6 Mar. 2025 Cable Wood Chops Cable wood chops challenge your entire core and train the obliques, rectus abdominis (the top layer of your ab muscles, also known as your six-pack), hip flexors, and glutes. Jakob Roze, Health, 26 Feb. 2025 This yoga core exercise strengthens not just your abs but supporting muscle groups, including your quads, hip flexors, and spinal stabilizers. Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025 The latter two exercises can put strain on your spine and hip flexors, while planks do not. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flexor

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Latin flectere "to cause to go in a different direction, bend, curve" (of uncertain origin) + -tor, agent suffix

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flexor was in 1615

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“Flexor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flexor. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

flexor

noun
flex·​or ˈflek-sər How to pronounce flexor (audio)
-ˌsȯ(ə)r
: a muscle that produces flexion

Medical Definition

flexor

noun
: a muscle serving to bend a body part (as a limb)

called also flexor muscle

compare extensor
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