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

In valuable breeding animals, owners may prefer that treatment be attempted when a lateral luxation and detachment of but one common ligament have permitted luxation without complete disarticulation and rupture of the joint capsule.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

As a rule, complete disarticulation immobilizes the affected joint and in most instances there is noticeable an abnormal prominence in the immediate vicinity—in patellar luxation, the whole bone.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor