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➰ A bend or curve 🦵 Bending a joint
flexure

flexure

8.7
A bending of a joint such as the knee
  • noun
  • /ˈflɛkʃər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : flexión
  • In yoga class, we practiced exercises that involve the flexure of the hip joint.

Examples

  • This is the cervical flexure here, and there's the mesocephalic flexure, OK?

  • The doctor examined the patient's knee flexure to assess their range of motion.

  • After the injury, she felt pain in the flexure of her elbow when trying to lift objects.

Synonyms

bending
vsflexure
10 2.1

A change that makes something curve from being straight

applies specifically to limbs or joints in the body
flexion
vsflexure
  • Specialized
3 7.7

The bending of a joint or the position when it is bent

is the same bodily bending but names the act or state
flection
vsflexure
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A bending of a joint like a knee or elbow

is narrower, limited to bending of body limbs or joints

Antonyms

extension
44 3.8

Something added to make a building, road or object bigger

Compounds

sigmoid flexure
  • Specialized
9.9

An S-shaped bend near the end of the large intestine that leads to the rectum

Surface Forms

flexure singular
flexures plural

Morphology

flexure = flex (transparent) = flex + ure

The noun denotes the act or state of bending formed by the verb 'flex' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ure', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Flexure comes from the Latin root flectere meaning 'to bend', and it shares the same root as the common words flex and flexible. Think of when you flex your arm and bring your hand closer to your shoulder; that bending is a flexure of the joint. So, in the body a flexure is the act or place of bending a joint.