extensor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of extensor
1700–10; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin extend ( ere ) to extend + -tor -tor, with -dt- > -s-
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Hernández repaired a torn extensor tender in his left elbow after the season, which will cause him to miss next month’s World Baseball Classic and the start of the 2026 season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Spieth has been dealing with an injury to his extensor carpi ulnaris, a major tendon in the wrist.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
If the wrist extensor muscles are contracted, the fingers re-open and the hand releases the pen.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Clarke Schmidt had been in the mix but has been shut down for three to four weeks due to a strained common extensor tendon near his elbow in his right arm.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2021
The semi-membranosus is an extensor of the thigh when it takes its fixed point at the pelvis; it is also an adductor of the lower limb.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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