Word Meaning

flexion definition and meaning

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