Anat. [f. FLECT v. + -OR.] = FLEXOR.
1666. J. Smith, Old Age (ed. 2), 65. Inwardly as the chief flector the Psoas, or outwardly as the first extendor, Gloutaeus major.
1836. I. Taylor, Phys. Th. Another Life, xvii. 241. We then, for simplification’ sake, consider the muscles, those of the arm, for instance, as consisting only of flectors and deflectors; or we may imagine a single pair of antagonists, of which the one bends, and the other extends the limb.
