What does extensor mean?
Definitions for extensor
ɪkˈstɛn sər, -sɔrex·ten·sor
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Princeton's WordNet
extensor muscle, extensornoun
a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
Wiktionary
extensornoun
A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Extensornoun
The muscle by which any limb is extended.
Etymology: Latin.
Extensors are muscles so called, which serve to extend any part. John Quincy.
Complaisant and civil people had the flexors of the head very strong; but in the proud and insolent there was a great overbalance of strength in the extensors of the neck and the muscles of the back. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scriblerus.
Wikipedia
extensor
In anatomy, extension is a movement of a joint that increases the angle between two bones or body surfaces at a joint. Extension usually results in straightening of the bones or body surfaces involved. For example, extension is produced by extending the flexed (bent) elbow. Straightening of the arm would require extension at the elbow joint. If the head is tilted all the way back, the neck is said to be extended.
ChatGPT
extensor
An extensor is a muscle that extends or straightens a limb or body part. It is a type of skeletal muscle which works in opposition to flexor muscles, which bend or flex body parts. The contraction of an extensor muscle increases the angle between two body parts, such as straightening the arm or leg.
Webster Dictionary
Extensornoun
a muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor
Etymology: [L., one who stretches. See Extend.]
Entomology
Extensor
that which extends or straightens out; applied to muscles.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of extensor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of extensor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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