(Anatomy)a muscle whose contraction bends a limb or other part of the body (剖)屈肌。 常与 extensor 相对 ■any of a number of specific muscles in the arm, hand, leg, or foot (臂部或手、腿、脚部)屈肌
语源
early 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin flex- 'bent', from the verb flectere