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extensor (plural extensors)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
    • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:
      Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French extenseur.

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extensor n (plural extensori)

  1. extensor

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  • IPA(key): /eɡstenˈsoɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ẽnˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧ten‧sor

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extensor (feminine extensora, masculine plural extensores, feminine plural extensoras)

  1. extending; that which extends

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extensor m (plural extensores)

  1. (anatomy) extensor

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