Flexion

(flek' -shun). The operation or proce of bending; the condition of being bent; the opposite of extension. F., Forcible, in surgery, a mode of treating aneurysm by a forcible bending, as, for example, of the knee, so as to compre the popliteal artery, thereby reducing the volume of blood; also a means of breaking up articular adhesions by mechanical bending. F. and Extension, certain pa ive Swedish movements used principally for regulating the circulation in certain parts, and for relieving local congestion. F. -stage of Labor, one of the stages of labor, consisting the chest. in a bending of the fetal head forward toward Flexor (fleks'-or). Any muscle that bends a limb or part. See Muscles, Table of.