Capable of bending; relating to or characterized by flexion or bending.
From Latin 'flexivus,' an adjective form meaning 'capable of bending,' used in English primarily in medical and linguistic contexts.
This technical adjective appears most often in medicine (describing joints and muscles) and linguistics (describing languages that change word forms), showing how the same root word serves completely different scientific fields!
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