To bend or curve outward; to extend or stretch out in an outward direction.
From Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'flectere' (to bend). The opposite of 'inflect,' describing outward curvature rather than inward.
This is the anatomical opposite of 'inflect'—where inflect means to bend inward, exflect means to bend outward, like when you straighten your arm (extension) versus bending it (flexion).
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