Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A muscle that extends or straightens a limb or body part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger: opposed to flexor. See cut under
muscle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to
flexor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A
muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Accordingly the so-called extensor muscles of the body need frequent action.
How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions 1884
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A projecting structure termed the extensor process (or extensor attachment) is present between the carpal trochlea and the alular digit; it belongs to metacarpal I (also called the alular metacarpal), but this is hard to appreciate in modern birds because metacarpal I is fused imperceptibly into the carpometacarpus as mentioned above [in the adjacent diagram, from
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Some doctors say Nintendonitis is a real condition, caused by inflammation of the thumb's extensor tendon from pressing buttons.
Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to . . . the health risks of video games 2011
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What you can't see in this shot is that my feet are actually cut, and (for additional grossness) I can pump up my extensor digitorum brevis muscle so that it's ripped and the veins over it pop.
total carnage! i love it! arachnejericho 2009
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Mommy thumb mainly affects two tendons — the abductor pollicis longus, or long thumb abductor, and the extensor pollicis brevis, or short thumb extensor.
The Baby May Be Giving You Mommy Thumb Dawn Fallik 2010
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Right-hander Chris Sampson had surgery to repair a lateral extensor tendon in his throwing elbow.
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It tends to be on extensor surfaces, such as the elbows, knees, and scalp.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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It tends to be on extensor surfaces, such as the elbows, knees, and scalp.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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It tends to be on extensor surfaces, such as the elbows, knees, and scalp.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Its attachment to the ungular cartilages and extensor process could prove to be a vital piece of the puzzle in the search to define proper foot function.
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