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flexure

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. flexure (noun)
  2. sigmoid colon (noun)

flex·ure

noun \ˈflek-shər\

Definition of FLEXURE

1
: the quality or state of being flexed : flexion
2
: turn, bend, fold
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