English Explanatory Dictionary

flexor digitorum superficialis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A muscle in the intermediate layer of the anterior compartment of the human forearm.
  2. One of the flexor digitorum communis muscles

Word forms

flexor digitorum superficialis

Etymology

From flexor (muscle that bends) + Latin digitorum (genitive singular; literally "finger") + Latin superficialis (relating to the surface), in all, "surface bending finger muscle".

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