Exta

The viscera, especially those Extension (eks-ten' -shun). 1. The opposite of flexion; the straightening of a flexed limb by the natural and functional proce ; the state of a limb that is not flexed. 2. Traction made upon a fractured or dislocated limb in order to bring the parts into proper apposition. E., Angular, a method of reducing and maintaining old dislocations of the hip. E., Counter-, traction upon the trunk or the trunk-end of a fractured limb in addition to extension. E., Double, traction applied to both limbs uj hip-joint disease, etc. E. Stage in Labor, one of the stages of labor, consisting in the bending of the fetal head, the occiput toward the back.