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Noun: extensor  ik'sten-su(r)
  1. A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
    "The quadriceps is an extensor muscle that straightens the knee";
    - extensor muscle

Derived forms: extensors

Type of: skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Encyclopedia: Extensor