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

Amputation at Elbow-Joint.—In cases where it is found impossible to save any portion of the fore-arm, disarticulation at the elbow-joint may be easily performed.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

In valuable breeding animals, owners may prefer that treatment be attempted when a lateral luxation and detachment of but one common ligament have permitted luxation without complete disarticulation and rupture of the joint capsule.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor