flexion
About 3.78 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- noun The state of being bent or flexed.
- noun Deviation from straightness.
- noun The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Similar words
bend bending flex flection inflection flexure flexing bent deflection paraplegia
Often followed by
of and is at or contracture in deformity to
Word family
flection flexions
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