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UK
/flˈɛkʃɔː/
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NOUN
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
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an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a crease in his trousers
a flexure of the colon
a bend of his elbow
a fold in the napkin
a plication on her blouse - the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
How To Use flexure In A Sentence
- The surgeon incises the peritoneum lateral to the colon and mobilizes the descending colon and splenic flexure.
- a flexure of the colon
- Of a truth he is the tenderest as well as the youngest, and also he is of flexile form; for if he were hard and without flexure he could not enfold all things, or wind his way into and out of every soul of man undiscovered. Thispain Diary Entry
- Flexure galvanometers and low-noise servo drives offer improved performance in applications requiring smooth scanning with low jitter.
- Flex Sig if done to the splenic flexure or about the 40 cm. levelat best may be 60 to 70% as sensitive as colonoscopy. New ACS colon cancer guidelines-moves CT screening up
- The only irregularities are small east-dipping flexures over deep-seated faults.
- Approximately one third of polyps and one half of colorectal cancers occur proximal to the splenic flexure.
- Of a truth he is the tenderest as well as the youngest, and also he is of flexile form; for if he were hard and without flexure he could not enfold all things, or wind his way into and out of every soul of man undiscovered. Thispain Diary Entry
- Head testaceous, face transverse; antennæ testaceous, third joint elongate-conical; arista bare; abdomen blackish blue, second segment very large, third and following not visible; legs testaceous; wings limpid, with four transverse pale brown subcostal streaks; discal transverse vein parted by less than half its length from the border, and by less than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial; halteres testaceous. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
- Along with characterizing a plastic's bending properties, flexure can be used to evaluate aging and sterilization effects on a product.