Extremities
(pl. ) of Extremity |
Extremity
(n.) The extreme part |
Extremity
(n.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal |
Extremity
(n.) The utmost point |
Extremity
(n.) The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering |
Immobilize
(v. t.) To make immovable |
Limb
(n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs |
Limb
(n.) An arm or a leg of a human being |
Limb
(n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. |
Limb
(n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. |
Limb
(v. t.) To supply with limbs. |
Limb
(v. t.) To dismember |
Limb
(n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses. |
Limb
(n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal |
Limb
(n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. |
Limb
(n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles. |
Lower
(a.) Compar. of Low, a. |
Lower
(a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended |
Lower
(a.) To reduce the height of |
Lower
(a.) To depress as to direction |
Lower
(a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of |
Lower
(a.) To bring down |
Lower
(a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. |
Lower
(v. i.) To fall |
Lower
(v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds |
Lower
(v. i.) To frown |
Lower
(n.) Cloudiness |
Lower
(n.) A frowning |
Lower-case
(a.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case |
Member
(v. t.) To remember |
Member
(n.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office |
Member
(n.) Hence, a part of a whole |
Member
(n.) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence |
Member
(n.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. |
Member
(n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. |
Member
(n.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. |
Member
(n.) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like |
Pectoral
(a.) Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest |
Pectoral
(a.) Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs |
Pectoral
(a.) Having the breast conspicuously colored |
Pectoral
(n.) A covering or protecting for the breast. |
Pectoral
(n.) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person. |
Pectoral
(n.) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast. |
Pectoral
(n.) A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs. |
Pelvic
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis |
Thoracic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest. |
Thoracic
(n.) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins. |
Upper
(comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively |
Upper
(n.) The upper leather for a shoe |
pectoral sandpiper
jacksnipe Calidris melanotos | American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting |
hind limb
hindlimb | a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals |
| pectoral fin | either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement |
pelvic fin
ventral fin | either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement, correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate |
amphetamine
pep pill
upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
arm branch
limb | any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm, the arm of the record player, an arm of the sea, a branch of the sewer |
| fixer-upper | a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) |
| limb | the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles, the limb of the sextant |
| limb | either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip, the upper limb of the bow |
lower berth
lower | the lower of two berths |
lower deck
third deck | the deck below the main deck |
pectoral
pectoral medallion | an adornment worn on the chest or breast |
rerebrace
upper cannon | cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm |
second balcony
family circle
upper balcony
peanut gallery | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats |
| structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
| upper | piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot, Uppers come in many styles |
upper berth
upper | the higher of two berths |
| upper deck | a higher deck |
| upper surface | the side that is uppermost |
vambrace
lower cannon | cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm |
| stiff upper lip | selfestraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief), the British like to keep a stiff upper lip |
upper hand
whip hand | position of advantage and control |
lower respiratory tract smear
bronchoscopic smear
sputum smear | any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract, used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs |
lower jaw
mandible
mandibula
mandibular bone
submaxilla
lower jawbone
jawbone
jowl | the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
upper jaw
upper jawbone
maxilla
maxillary | the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium |
| thoracic aorta | a branch of the descending aorta, divides into the iliac arteries |
pectoral vein
vena pectoralis | veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein |
thoracic vein
vena thoracica | veins that drain the thoracic walls |
| thoracic duct | the major duct of the lymphatic system |
| lower respiratory tract | the bronchi and lungs |
| upper respiratory tract | the nose and throat and trachea |
penis
phallus
member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) |
pectoral
pectoral muscle
pectoralis
musculus pectoralis
pecs | either of two large muscles of the chest |
pectoralis major
musculus pectoralis major
greater pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm |
pectoralis minor
musculus pectoralis minor
smaller pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs |
chest cavity
thoracic cavity | the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart |
extremity
appendage
member | an external body part that projects from the body, it is important to keep the extremities warm |
| limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper |
vertebrate foot
pedal extremity | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
| extremity | that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso |
| thoracic nerve | any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord |
| pectoral girdle | a skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached |
shoulder girdle
pectoral arch | the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans |
thoracic vertebra
dorsal vertebra | one of vertebrae in the human vertebral column, thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra |
pelvis
pelvic girdle
pelvic arch
hip | the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates |
| pelvic cavity | the space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and containing the pelvic viscera |
| phantom limb pain | pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb |
uninominal system
uninominal voting system
single-member system
scrutin uninomial system
scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
| phantom limb | the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated |
| thoracic medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest |