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Flexure

noun
1.
The state of being flexed (as of a joint).  Synonyms: flection, flexion.
2.
An angular or rounded shape made by folding.  Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, fold, plication.  "A crease in his trousers" , "A plication on her blouse" , "A flexure of the colon" , "A bend of his elbow"
3.
Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased.  Synonym: flexion.



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"Flexure" Quotes from Famous Books



... any part of the intestine, whether of X, the caecum, W, the sigmoid flexure of the colon, or Z, the small bowel, if sufficient time be allowed for Nature to establish the adhesive inflammation, she does so, and thus fortifies the peritoneal sac against an escape of the intestinal matter into it by soldering the orifice of the wounded intestine to the external opening. ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise


Words linked to "Flexure" :   physiological state, pucker, extension, twirl, ruck, twist, kink, physical condition, flex, angularity, angular shape, bending, plait, physiological condition, dorsiflexion, pleat


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