extensor
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Noun
extensor (plural extensors)
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
muscle
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See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French extenseur.
Noun
extensor n (plural extensori)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | extensor | extensorul | extensori | extensorile | |
| genitive-dative | extensor | extensorului | extensori | extensorilor | |
| vocative | extensorule | extensorilor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
extensor (feminine extensora, masculine plural extensores, feminine plural extensoras)
Noun
extensor m (plural extensores)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “extensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28