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1. The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
   - flexure, flection
    
2. Deviation from a straight or normal course
   - inflection, flection
    
3. Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
   - flexure

Derived forms: flexions

Type of: bending, departure, deviation, difference, divergence, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

Antonym: extension

Encyclopedia: Flexion