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dorsi flexion vs dorsal flexion vs dorsiflexion - Teardrop

Posted: Feb 03, 2014

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Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary says... - Beach Glass Lover

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... "dorsiflexion" all one word. Plantar flexion is broken into two words.

(this is from version 5.0)

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