extensor

• Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)

extensor (plural extensors)

1. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:

     Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

• flexor
• quadriceps
• triceps

Borrowed from French extenseur.

extensor n (plural extensori)

1. extensor

• IPA^(key): /eɡstenˈsoɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ẽnˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧ten‧sor

extensor (feminine extensora, masculine plural extensores, feminine plural extensoras)

1. extending; that which extends

extensor m (plural extensores)

1. (anatomy) extensor

• “extensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024