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flexor

[′flek·sər]
(physiology)
A muscle that bends or flexes a limb or a part.
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Flexor spasms have long been considered as the most characteristic type of seizure constituting 42% of the cases while mixed flexor extensor spasms form 50% of all cases.9 The etiology is highly varied and includes neurocutaneous syndromes, metabolic disorders, cortical malformations, perinatal brain injuries, postnatal infections and head trauma.
Infantile Spasms: Clinical profile and treatment outcomes
By now, the diagnosis was barn door to an experienced observer--paralysis of the legs, with flexor spasms, sensory loss below the mid thoracic level, agonising pain at this level on the least movement and a distended bladder--obviously involvement of the thoracic spinal cord.
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Muscle spasms or cramps, called flexor spasms, may occur.
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