flexion
IPA: fɫˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
- (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
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Examples of "flexion" in Sentences
- This action is known as flexion.
- Knees tend to be fixed in flexion.
- Controls knee flexion and extension.
- It is involved in flexion at the hip.
- The NWR is also known as the flexion reflex.
- Opposition and flexion of the thumb are lost.
- This is flexion and internal rotation of the hip.
- A single strand is obviously terrible in flexion.
- That is, there is a fixed plantar flexion of the foot.
- Assists in flexion, abduction and lateral rotation of hip, and flexion of knee.
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