flexion
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈflɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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flexión
- Two of those patients sustained persistent losses of MCP joint flexion, and one developed complex regional pain syndrome.
- knee flexion
- hip flexion
- elbow flexion
You will have a slight flexion, but you're focusing more on that hip bend than a knee squat.
- You will have a slight flexion, but you're focusing more on that hip bend than a knee squat.
- We're studying, you know, relatively trivial actions, wrist flexions or, or mouse button clickings and decisions to do things now.
Examples
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Average angular values were 9 degrees of flexion and 6 degrees of extension, respectively.
Academic text (1992) -
The resting hip and knee angles were set at 105 degrees and 80 degrees of flexion, respectively.
Academic text (1991) -
Then you get neck flexion, then you get arm flexion.
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And I have the wrist flexion and extension and also have the hand closed and open.
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A goniometer was used to measure active wrist flexion and extension.
Academic text (2017) -
The excessive dorsiflexion was not accompanied by increased knee flexion, as is generally seen with a weak calf.
Academic text (1990) -
As shown in Table 3, the total knee range of motion (ROM) in flexion/extension decreased following training.
Academic text (1999) -
Hip abduction, adduction, external rotation, and hip flexion with the knee extended increased for both legs.
Academic text (1999) -
The electrogoniometers were mounted anteriorly on the limbs to register knee flexion and extension.
Academic text (1990) -
The therapist measured the patient's arm flexion to assess mobility in the joint.
Synonyms
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2.1
A change that makes something curve from being straight
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6.8
A bend in a line or path that changes direction
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9.9
A bending of a joint like a knee or elbow
A bending of a joint such as the knee
Bending of a beam or other part so it is not straight
Antonyms
How Bent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word flexion comes from the Latin flectere, which means 'to bend', and you can see the same root in flex and flexible. So, flexion is the action or position of bending a limb or joint.