noun. undefined

noun. The act of bending a joint or limb in the body by the action of flexors.

noun. The resulting condition of being bent.

noun. A part that is bent.

etc. See flection, etc.

noun. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

noun. A bending; a part bent; a fold.

noun. Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.

noun. The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.

noun. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint. The counteraction of extension.

noun. Alternative spelling of flection.

noun. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)

noun. act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

noun. deviation from a straight or normal course

"_flexion_ is usually so pronounced that it can no longer be concealed by lordosis, so that when the patient is recumbent, although the spine is arched forwards, the limb is still flexed both at the hip and at the knee; with the spine flat on the table, the flexion of the thigh may amount to as much as a right angle."

anteflexion  circumflexion  deflexion  demiflexion  dorsiflexion  

departure  deviation  difference  divergence  physical condition  

advection  affection  circumspection  collection  complexion  

abduction  amputation  crepitation  curvature  distension  

bend  bending  fold  inflection  turning