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  • 1flex one's muscles — phrasal : to demonstrate one s strength whatever happened to diplomacy where nations talked things out first before flexing their muscles? Art Buchwald * * * flex one s muscles To cause the muscles of one s arms, shoulders, etc to contract, in… …

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  • 2muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …

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  • 3Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …

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  • 5Flex Mentallo — Superherobox caption = Cover to Flex Mentallo issue #1 Art by Frank Quitely character name = Flex Mentallo publisher = DC Comics debut = Doom Patrol #35 (August 1990) creators = Grant Morrison alter ego = full name = Flex Mentallo species =… …

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  • 6muscle — mus|cle1 W3S2 [ˈmʌsəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin musculus little mouse, muscle, mussel , from mus mouse ; because a muscle moving looks like a mouse under the skin] 1.) [U and C] one of the pieces of flesh inside your body that… …

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  • 7muscle — 1 / mVsFl/ noun 1 (C, U) one of the pieces of flesh inside your body that connects your bones together and that you use when you move: The next day the muscles in my arm felt sore. | arm/chest/stomach muscles: bulging chest muscles | pull a… …

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  • 8muscle — n. 1) to contract; flex, tense; move; pull, strain; relax; wrench a muscle 2) to develop one s muscles 3) involuntary; smooth; striated; voluntary muscles 4) muscles ache * * * [ mʌs(ə)l] flex move pull relax …

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  • 9muscle — /ˈmʌsəl / (say musuhl) noun 1. a discrete bundle or sheet of contractile fibres having the function of producing movement in the animal body. 2. the tissue of such an organ. 3. muscular strength; brawn. 4. political or financial strength,… …

  • 10Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Flexor carpi ulnaris Latin = musculus flexor carpi ulnaris GraySubject = 125 GrayPage = 447 Caption = Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of deep muscles of the forearm. FCU is visible in blue. Caption2 = Origin = medial …

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