flexor digitorum superficialis

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English

Etymology

From flexor (muscle that bends) +‎ Latin digitorum (genitive singular; literally "finger") +‎ Latin superficialis (relating to the surface), in all, "surface bending finger muscle".

Noun

flexor digitorum superficialis

  1. A muscle in the intermediate layer of the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
  2. One of the flexor digitorum communis muscles

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