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words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.

See Deflection.

Inflection.

See Reflection. Chaucer.

The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. Bents and turns of the matter. Locke.

See Circumflexion.

The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Will it give place to flexure and low bending Shak.

A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

d to a purpose. An indispensable part of the machinery of state. Macaulay. The delicate inflexional machinery of the Aryan languages. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

. Etym: [NL. clonus, fr. Gr. Clonic.] (Med.) A series of quickly alternating movements of flexion and extension of the wrist, produced in some cases of nervous disease by suddenly bending the hand back upon the forearm. -- Wrist drop (Med.), paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand, affecting the hand so that whe…