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dorsiflex

dorsiflex verb: to flex a limb in a dorsal direction.

Verb

dorsiflex (third-person singular simple present dorsiflexes, present participle dorsiflexing, simple past and past participle dorsiflexed)

  1. To flex a limb in a dorsal direction.

Forms of dorsiflex

third-person singular presentdorsiflexes
present participledorsiflexing
past participledorsiflexed
pastdorsiflexed
alternative formdorsiflect

Origin of dorsiflex

From dorsi- + flex.

Questions about dorsiflex

What does dorsiflex mean?
Dorsiflex means to flex a limb in a dorsal direction.
What part of speech is dorsiflex?
Dorsiflex is a verb.
What is the past tense of dorsiflex?
The past tense of dorsiflex is dorsiflexed.

Words near dorsiflex in the dictionary

  1. dorsibranchiate
  2. dorsibranchiates
  3. dorsiferous
  4. dorsifixed
  5. dorsiflect
  6. dorsiflex
  7. dorsiflexed
  8. dorsiflexes
  9. dorsiflexing
  10. dorsiflexion
  11. dorsiflexional

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