disarticulation
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“Writing gives us the tools to articulate the mute disarticulation we face on a daily basis,” she reminds us.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
In October, at Seattle Children’s, the lower part of Radhika’s left leg was amputated in a procedure called a knee disarticulation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2019
Also on the increase are patients who've required "hip disarticulation" - the removal of the entire thigh bone, which makes fitting and using a prosthesis more difficult.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2011
Another advantage is the extreme ease with which disarticulation may be performed on emergency, no saw being required, and the ordinary bistoury of the pocket-case being quite sufficient for cutting the flaps.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Etiology and Occurrence.—The manner of construction of the fetlock joint is such that disarticulation without irreparable injury resulting, is practically impossible.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
