Flexor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flexor \Flex"or\, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
     A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of
     the arm or the hand; -- opposed to {extensor}.
     [1913 Webster] flextime
     flexitime



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flexor
       n : a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint [syn: {flexor
           muscle}] [ant: {extensor muscle}]