: a muscle serving to bend a body part (such as a limb)
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Single-Leg Standing Clamshells and Kickback Clamshell exercises are great and efficient moves for activating the gluteus muscles and hip flexors, which are crucial to overall stability.—Mallory Creveling, Health, 15 May 2026 The flexor strain that Nick Pivetta sustained in mid-April triggered another pivot; the Padres last week added Lucas Giolito to an equation with no obvious opening just yet.—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026 Gentle hip flexor and lower back stretches help your body relax into the supine position rather than fighting it.—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026 Gentle hip flexor and lower backstretches help your body settle into the position instead of fighting it.—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flexor
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Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Latin flectere "to cause to go in a different direction, bend, curve" (of uncertain origin) + -tor, agent suffix