EXTENSOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extensor mean? 

• EXTENSOR (noun)
  The noun EXTENSOR has 1 sense:

1. a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part

  Familiarity information: EXTENSOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTENSOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

extensor; extensor muscle

Hypernyms ("extensor" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extensor"):

musculus quadriceps femoris; quad; quadriceps; quadriceps femoris (a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg)

Antonym:

flexor (a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint)

Derivation:

extend (extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body)

extend (thrust or extend out)

 Context examples 

It usually occurs in the peripheral nerves of the head and neck regions and the extensor aspects of the extremities.

(Benign Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It does not produce myoneural block, nor does it affect crossed extensor reflexes.

(Orphenadrine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition characterized by pain in or near the lateral humeral epicondyle or in the forearm extensor muscle mass as a result of unusual strain.

(Lateral Epicondylitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)