FLEXICOSTATE
Flex`i*cos"tate, a. Etym: [L. flexus bent + E. costate.] (Anat.)
Defn: Having bent or curved ribs.
FLEXILE
Flex"ile, a. Etym: [L. flexilis.]
Defn: Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
Wordsworth.
FLEXION
Flex"ion, n. Etym: [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.]
1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton.
4. (Physiol.)