flexurenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈflek.ʃə/us/ˈflek.ʃɚ/a bend or fold in something such as a part of the body, or the act of bending or folding
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- hormonal
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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Bending, twisting and curving
Examples from literature
- Another apparatus provides for the detection and measurement of the flexure of the tube.
- His efforts to save himself and the clock from destruction led to some singular flexures of the body, and his feet traced a maze as he advanced, hugging the clock to his chest.
- Similarly, in wounds of the hand or forearm, or of the foot or leg, bleeding may be arrested by placing a pad in the flexure and acutely flexing the limb at the elbow or knee respectively.
- The parts usually affected are the hands, flexures of the joints, and the genital organs.
- Will it give place to flexure and low bending?