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FLO 



pointed thing, a lancet), an 

 instrument used for bleeding 

 horses and cattle. 



flex, v.,fleks (L.flexus, bent), to 

 extend the leg upon the thigh or 

 upon the pelvis: flexing, bend- 

 ing: flexed, flekst, bent: flexes, it 

 bends. 



flexion, n., flek'shun (L. flexus, 

 bent), the bending of a limb, 

 as opposed to 'extension,' the 

 stretching out of a limb : flexor, 

 n. , fleks f -6r, a muscle which bends 

 or contracts a part of the body, 

 and is opposed to 'extensor,' 

 a muscle which extends a 

 art. 



flexor carpi radians, jieks'-or icarp-i 

 rdd'-i-al'-is (L. flexor, that which 

 bends or contracts ; carpus, a 

 wrist, carpi, of a wrist ; radius, 

 the rotatory bone of the fore-arm), 

 the radial flexor of the wrist ; the 

 muscle which bends the hand and 

 assists to turn its palm towards 

 the ground: f. carpi ulnaris, 

 ul-nar'-is (L. ulna, the large bone 

 of the fore-arm), the ulnary flexor 

 of the wrist ; the muscle which 

 assists in bending the arm : f. 

 longus digitorum manus, Idng' 

 gus didf-it-or'-urn man'-us (L. lon- 

 gus, long; digitus, a finger or toe, 

 digitorum, of fingers or toes ; 

 manus, a hand, manus, of a 

 hand), the long flexor of the 

 fingers of the hand ; the muscle 

 which bends the joint or phalanx 

 of the fingers: f. sublimis perf- 

 oratus, sub'lwi f -ls perf'-or'at'-us 

 (L. sublimis, high ; perfordtus, 

 bored through), the high perfor- 

 ated muscle, so named from its 

 being perforated by the tendon of 

 another flexor, the 'flexor pro- 

 fundis'; the muscle which bends 

 the second joint or phalanx of the 

 fingers. 



flexuose, a.,/es-w-oz, orflexuous, 

 a., fleks'-U'tis (L. flexudsus, full of 

 windings, tortuous from flexus, 

 a turning, a winding), in bot., 

 having alternate curvations in 



opposite directions ; bent in a 

 zigzag manner. 



flexure, n., flZks'ur (L. flexura, a 

 bending or winding), a joint ; 

 the part bent ; a curvature. 



flocculent, a., flok'-kul-Znt (L. floc- 

 culus, a small lock of wool from 

 floccus, a lock of wool), having 

 the appearance of flocks or flakes; 

 adhering in flocks or flakes : floc- 

 culence, n.,fl6k f -kul>ens, the state 

 of being in flocks or flakes ; ad- 

 hesion in flocks : flocculose, a. , 

 fldk'kul-dz, woolly ; like wool : 

 flocculus, n.,fl8kf'kul-us, in anat. , 

 a prominent tuft or lobule, sit- 

 uated behind and below the 

 middle peduncle of the cere- 

 bellum. 



floccus, n., fldtekus, flocci, n. plu., 

 fl$k''Si (L. floccus, a lock of wool), 

 a tuft of hair terminating in a 

 tail ; woolly hairs or threads ; 

 woolly filaments with sporules 

 in Fungi and Algae : floccose, a. , 

 flok-koz', covered with wool-like 

 tufts. 



flora, n., flor'-a (L. Flora, the 

 goddess of flowers from flos, a 

 flower, floris, of a flower), plants 

 peculiar to a country, or to a 

 geological era ; the opposite, 

 'fauna,' signifies the animals 

 peculiar to a district : floral, a., 

 fl6r'-al, pert, to flowers ; in bot. , 

 seated near the flower, and about 

 the flower-stalk : floral envelopes, 

 the calyx and corolla : florets, n. 

 plu., flor'-ets, the little flowers 

 collected into a head in composite 

 plants. 



Florideas, n. plu., flor-id'e-e (L. 

 floridus, flowery from flos, a 

 flower), a Sub-order of Algse ; 

 rose or purple coloured sea-weeds, 

 with fronds formed of a single row 

 of articulated cells, or of several 

 rows ; also called ' Rhodosporese, ' 

 or ' Choristosporei. ' 

 flosculous, a., fltisk'-ul-us, and 

 floscular, ^./flosk'-ul-ar (L. flosc- 

 ulus, a little flower from flos, a 

 flower), in bot., applied to the 



