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extremities



NOUN
animate being's appendage
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Temperature readings can also be wrong if patient's extremities are cold.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Which is to say that she has always been curious about the extremities of human behavior.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024

These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

His lower extremities swelled into what other deckhands described as “elephant feet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

The mortal form of greyscale began in the extremities, he knew: a tingling in a fingertip, a toenail turning black, a loss of feeling.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin