A bend in an organ or body part. The term is used, for example, to describe the skin on the inner aspect of the elbow or knee, as in the ‘hepatic ?exure’ of the COLON. Health Source: Medical Dictionary Author: Health Dictionary
n. a bend in an organ or part, such as the hepatic and splenic flexures of the *colon. —flexural adj. Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin
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