meaning of flexion
1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
2. A bending; a part bent; a fold.
3. Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.
4. The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
5. act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
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