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1. The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
   - flection, flexion
    
2. An angular or rounded shape made by folding
   "a flexure of the colon";
   - fold, crease, plication, crimp, bend
    
3. Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
   - flexion

Derived forms: flexures

Type of: angular shape, angularity, bending, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

Antonym: extension

Encyclopedia: Flexure