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Definition of extensor noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

extensor

noun

NAmE//ɪkˈstɛnsər//

, NAmE//ɪkˈstɛnsɔr//

(also extensor muscle) (anatomy)

a muscle that allows you to make part of your body straight or stretched out compare flexor

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