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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The same approach makes it possible to control different finger movements that are selected with the simultaneous activation of both flexor and extensor muscle groups.
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
Crick underwent a procedure Tuesday to repair the extensor tendon, performed by Dr. Scott Hanson in San Francisco.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
The Angels later announced that Shoemaker experienced tightness in the extensor muscle of his right forearm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2017
When the mastoido-humeral contracts, taking its fixed point above, it acts as an extensor of the humerus, and carries the entire fore-limb forwards.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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