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extensor

Noun

ex=ten=sor

WORDNET DICTIONARY

extensor(n = noun.body) extensor muscle - a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part;

is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle

has particulars: musculus quadriceps femoris, quad, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris

Derived forms verb extend₈, verb extend₅

Antonym: flexor

extensor, n. [L., one who stretches. See Extend.].

A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor. [1913 Webster]

extensor, n. (in full extensor muscle) Anat. a muscle that extends or straightens out part of the body (cf. FLEXOR).

Etymology

mod.L (as EXTEND)