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extremities



NOUN
animate being's appendage
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Another problem is atrophy of the lower extremities, including weakness in the arch muscle of the foot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

It listed a number of "targeted disabilities": "Hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

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

MULLINS: I can’t feel my feet right now, so I’m just waiting for feeling to come back into my extremities.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

She walks hard across the glacier and her extremities freeze.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti



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