Look up: extensor

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   Extensor
   A muscle that is involved in straightening (extending) a limb or part of the body.
   Found on http://www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON
   
   
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   Extensor
   Adjective from the noun 'extension'. The muscles which cause extension of a part are its extensor muscles; the surface of a part where those muscles are found is sometimes called the extensor surface.
   Found on http://www.chriscolton.co.uk/glossary.ht
   
   
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   Extensor
   To stretch out.
   Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA
   
   
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   extensor
   a muscle whose contraction tends to straighten a limb; the antagonist of a flexor Category: Medicine
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Extensor
   Ex·ten'sor noun [ Latin , one who stretches. See Extend .] (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/95
   
   
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   extensor
   <anatomy> A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; opposed to flexor. ... Origin: L, one who stretches. See Extend. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
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   extensor
   (ek-sten´sor) a muscle that straightens a joint.
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
   
   
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   Extensor
   • (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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   extensor
   extensor Any of various muscles that extend or straighten some part of the body; especially, a flexed arm or leg.
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    extensor
    A muscle the contraction of which causes movement at a joint with the consequence that the limb or body assumes a more straight line, or so that the distance between the parts proximal and distal to the joint is increased or extended; the antagonist of a flexor. See: muscle [L. one who stretches, fr. ex-tendo, to stretch out]
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