Word Meaning

Meaning of flexion

- The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
- A bending; a part bent; a fold.
- Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.
- 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.