flexion

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈflɛk.ʃən/

Noun

flexion

1. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
2. The state of being bent or flexed.
3. Deviation from straightness.
4. (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Related terms

• anteflexion
• circumflexion
• deflexion
• demiflexion
• dorsiflexion
• genuflexion
• hyperflexion
• inflexion →
  • plane inflexion
  • point of inflexion
• introflexion
• lateriflexion
• lateroflexion
• overflexion
• postflexion
• preflexion
• reflexion
• retroflexion
• semiflexion
• superflexion

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