Noun flexion has 3 senses
- flexure, flection, flexion - the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
--1 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
- inflection, flection, flexion - deviation from a straight or normal course
--2 is a kind of deviation, divergence, departure, difference
- flexion, flexure - act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
--3 is a kind of bending
Antonyms: extension
--3 has particulars: flex; dorsiflexion
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