| NOUN | body | extensor, extensor muscle | a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part |
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| Meaning | A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part. | |
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| Synonym | extensor muscle | |
| Narrower | quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad | A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Opposite | flexor muscle, flexor | A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint |
| Spanish | extensor, músculo extensor | |
| Catalan | extensor, múscul extensor | |
| Verbs | extend | extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body |
| extend | thrust or extend out | |
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