The movement by which the two elements of any jointed part are drawn away from each other, the process of increasing the angle between two skeletal levers having end‐to‐end articulation with each other. The opposite of flexion.
In maxillofacial prosthetics, that portion of a prosthesis added to fill a defect or provide a function not inherent in a dental restoration, e.g., palatal extension, pharyngeal extension.
Increasing the angle at a joint or returning to anatomical position.
A motion of increasing the angle between two bones; straightening of a muscle previously bent in flexion.
The nucleic acid strand elongation (lengthening) that occurs in a polymerization reaction.
Movement of a body joint such that the angle about the center of rotation (the fulcrum) increases.
The stretching or straightening out of a joint.
The stretching of a joint by traction.
Stretching; action of moving two joined parts away from one another.
Human or artificial external lengths of hair that can be tracked, woven, glued, or braided into your hair for extra length.
The act of extending or stretching, especially the muscular movement by which a limb is straightened.
The process of straightening or stretching a limb. When used in the natural sense, it involves the contraction of the muscles opposing those used in flexion.
The movement that pulls apart both ends of any part.