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View definitions for upper extremity

upper extremity

noun as in vertex

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Each team has a goalkeeper with a missing upper extremity.

Dr. Jennifer Hsu, an orthopedic surgeon and chief of microvascular upper extremity and hand surgery, treated 19 patients for traumatic fireworks injuries over the July 4 holiday, the most she has seen in her nine years at the hospital.

Resting your phone on your pinkie can strain the ligament that connects the finger to your hand, said Michelle G. Carlson, a hand and upper extremity surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Barker died from gunshot wounds to his "left upper extremity, chest, and abdomen," while Gasery suffered from multiple fatal gunshot wounds as well, according to a coroner's report from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Dr. Mullen, 32, is an orthopedic surgeon who recently completed a hand and upper extremity fellowship at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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