flexor

English

Alternative forms

• flector (dated)

Etymology

From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

flexor (plural flexors)

1. A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:

     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.

Derived terms

• flexor carpi radialis
• flexor carpi ulnaris
• flexor digitorum communis
• flexor digitorum profundus
• flexor digitorum superficialis
• flexor hallucis
• flexorplasty
• lateroflexor

Translations

muscle

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屈肌 (zh) (qūjī)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: buigspier (nl) f
• Finnish: koukistajalihas
• French: fléchisseur (fr) m, fléchisseurs (fr) pl
• German: Beuger (de) m, Beugemuskel (de) m, Flexor (de) m
• Greek: καμπτήρας (el) m (kamptíras)
• Hungarian: hajlítóizom (hu)
• Ido: flexanto
• Occitan: flageire m, flageira f, feblaire m, feblaira f, gimblaire m, gimblaira f
• Polish: zginacz m
• Russian: сгиба́тель (ru) m (sgibátelʹ), фле́ксор (ru) m (fléksor)
• Swedish: flexor c, böjmuskel c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• biceps
• extensor

Spanish

Adjective

flexor (feminine flexora, masculine plural flexores, feminine plural flexoras)

1. (anatomy) flexor

Further reading

• “flexor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026