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| flex | flexor, flexion |
| flex | To bend; to move a joint in such a direction as to approximate the two parts which it connects. Origin: L. Flecto, pp. Flexus, to bend (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Flexibase | <chemical> Soft denture liner (26 Jun 1999) |
| flexibilitas cerea | The rigidity of catalepsy which may be overcome by slight external force, but which returns at once, holding the limb firmly in the new position. Origin: L. Waxy flexibility (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexible | 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. "When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks." (Shak) 2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. "Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people." (Bacon) "Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible." (Shak) 3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. "This was a principle more flexible to their purpose." (Rogers) Synonym: Pliant, pliable, supple, tractable, manageable, ductile, obsequious, inconstant, wavering. Flex"ibleness, Flex"ibly. Origin: L. Flexibilis: cf. F. Flexible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flexible collodion | A mixture of camphor, castor oil, and collodion, or a mixture of castor oil, Canada turpentine, and collodion, used for the same purposes as collodion, but its film possesses the advantage, for certain conditions, of not contracting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexicostate | <anatomy> Having bent or curved ribs. Origin: L. Flexus bent + E. Costate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fleximeter | 1. An instrument for measuring angles. 2. An appliance for the static test of labyrinthine disease, which consists of a plank, one end of which may be raised to any desired height; as one end of the plank is gradually raised, the point at which a patient loses balance is noted. 3. A calibrated device designed to measure the arc or range of motion of a joint. Synonym: arthrometer, fleximeter, pronometer. Origin: G. Gonia, angle, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexion | <gynaecology> A displacement of the uterus in which the organ is bent so far forward or backward that an acute angle forms between the fundus and the cervix. Origin: L. Flexio (18 Nov 1997) |
| flexion crease | A permanent crease in the skin on the flexor aspect of a movable joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flexner's bacillus | A bacterium which is one of the aetiologic agents of bacillary dysentery (dysentery, bacillary) and sometimes of infantile gastroenteritis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Flexner, Simon | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1863-1946. See: Flexner's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexor | <anatomy> A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; opposed to extensor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flexor carpi radialis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, common flexor origin of the medial condyle of humerus; insertion, anterior surface of the base of the second and most often sending a slip to that of the third metacarpal bone; action, flexes and abducts wrist radialward; nerve supply, median; its tendon travels in its own canal roofed by a layer of the transverse carpal ligament. Synonym: musculus flexor carpi radialis, radial flexor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexor carpi ulnaris | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, humeral head from medial condyle of humerus, ulnar head from olecranon and upper three-fifths of posterior border of ulna; insertion, pisiform bone, but is continued to the fifth metacarpal bone via the pisometacarpal ligament; action, flexes and abducts wrist ulnarward; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus flexor carpi ulnaris, ulnar flexor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of foot | Origin, base of metatarsal bone of the little toe and sheath of musculus peroneus longus; insertion, lateral surface of base of proximal phalanx of little toe; action, flexes the proximal phalanx of the little toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor digiti minimi brevis pedis, short flexor muscle of little toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Flexeril |
cyclobenzaprine: muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury
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| flexibility |
the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" tractability: the trait of being easily persuaded
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sigmoidoscope: an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon
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| flexile |
flexible: able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
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| flexion |
flexure: the state of being flexed (as of a joint) inflection: deviation from a straight or normal course act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
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| FLEX | the act of flexing |
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| FLEX | form a curve |
| FLEX | contract |
| FLEX | muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury |
| FLEX | the quality of being adaptable or variable |
| FLEX | the trait of being easily persuaded |
| FLEX | the property of being flexible |
| FLEX | bends and snaps back readily without breaking |
| FLEX | able to flex |
| FLEX | extended meanings |
| FLEX | making or willing to make concessions |
| FLEX | able to adjust readily to different conditions |
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