flexion
noun/ˈflekʃn/
/ˈflekʃn/
(also flection)
[uncountable] (specialist)- the action of bending something, especially an arm, a leg, etc.Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin flexio(n-), from flectere ‘to bend’.
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