extensor

Meaning of extensor

noun

a muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or other part of the body.

early 18th century: from late Latin, from extens- ‘stretched out’, from the verb extendere (see extend).

Information about extensor

Hyphenation of extensor

ex-ten-sor

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • extensor is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with extensor

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