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extensors

extensors is the plural of extensor.

Meaning of extensor

Noun

extensor (plural extensors)

  1. A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
    • 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.2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

Questions about extensors

What is extensors the plural of?
Extensors is the plural of extensor.

Words near extensors in the dictionary

  1. extensor carpi radialis brevis
  2. extensor hood
  3. extensor hoods
  4. extensor pollicis brevis
  5. extensor pollicis longus
  6. extensors
  7. extensory
  8. extensumside
  9. extensure
  10. extent
  11. extent of occurrence

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