Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flexion"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flexion \Flex"ion\, n. [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.]
1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. --Bacon.

3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by
declension or conjugation; inflection.

Express the syntactical relations by flexion. --Sir
W. Hamilton.

4. (Physiol.) 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

flexion
n : act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones
of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
[ant: {extension}]

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