CIRCUMDUCTION
\sˌɜːkəmdˈʌkʃən], \sˌɜːkəmdˈʌkʃən], \s_ˌɜː_k_ə_m_d_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CIRCUMDUCTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
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The form of motion exhibited by a bone describing a conical space with the articular cavity as apex.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The act of sweeping a limb about in such a manner as to cause it to describe a cone with the apex at its articulation with the trunk. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
By Thomas Sheridan
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