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Webster 1913 Edition


Circumduction

Cirˊcum-duc′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
circumductio
.]
1.
A leading about; circumlocution.
[R.]
Hooker.
2.
An annulling; cancellation.
[R.]
Ayliffe.
3.
(Physiol.)
The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a conical surface.

Webster 1828 Edition


Circumduction

CIRCUMDUCTION

, n.
1.
A leading about.
2.
An annulling; cancellation.

CIRCUMDUCTION

,
Noun.
1.
A leading about.
2.
An annulling; cancellation.

Definition 2024


circumduction

circumduction

English

Noun

circumduction (plural circumductions)

  1. The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction. "Windmilling" the arms or rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumductive movement.

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