extremities

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But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

It listed a number of "targeted disabilities": "Hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

The body responds to feeling cold, he said, by tightening blood vessels to stanch blood flow to the extremities.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

His extremities were so dainty they appeared unfinished.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou