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
Etiology and Occurrence.—The manner of construction of the fetlock joint is such that disarticulation without irreparable injury resulting, is practically impossible.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Lateral disarticulation must necessarily sever the attachment of one of the common collateral ligaments.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
