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
In temporary luxations, disarticulation is but momentary and spontaneous reposition always results; while a fixed luxation does not reduce spontaneously but remains luxated until reposition is effected by proper manipulation and treatment.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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
