extremities
Example Sentences
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Temperature readings can also be wrong if patient's extremities are cold.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 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 lower extremities swelled into what other deckhands described as “elephant feet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
She says she has poor circulation in her extremities.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
