Usually means: Partial bending of a joint.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (semiflexion)

▸ noun:  (medicine) A posture halfway between flexion and extension.

Similar:
dorsiflexion, lateroflexion, hypoflexus, semisupination, mesoflexid, anteflexion, posteroflexus, metaflexus, mesoflexus, paraflexus, more...

Opposite:
extension, hyperextension, straightening

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Similar:
dorsiflexion, lateroflexion, hypoflexus, semisupination, mesoflexid, anteflexion, posteroflexus, metaflexus, mesoflexus, paraflexus, more...

Opposite:
extension, hyperextension, straightening



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