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

Amputation at Elbow-Joint.—In cases where it is found impossible to save any portion of the fore-arm, disarticulation at the elbow-joint may be easily performed.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

I have seen this process of disarticulation in no other tendrils, for these, when they fail to catch an object, merely wither away.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles