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

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

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