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disarticulate, v.|dɪsɑːˈtɪkjʊleɪt|
[f. dis- 6 + articulate v.]
1. trans. To undo the articulation of, to disjoint; to separate joint from joint.
1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 278 Disarticulate, entirely, the odontoid process. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Orr's Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 175 The entire segment, here disarticulated..is called the ‘occipital vertebra’. 1892Pall Mall G. 27 Sept. 2/1 From time immemorial the plan has been adopted of filling the bony case with peas and then causing them to swell with water whenever a skull was required to be ‘disarticulated’.
2. intr. (for refl.) To become disjointed; to separate at the joints.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 334 In some of these the joints disarticulate, and appear to be capable of reproduction. 1835― Introd. Bot. (1868) I. 261 The leaflets..spontaneously disarticulate. 1892Natural Science Mar. 57 Stems..which ultimately disarticulated and left the surface marked by scars.
Hence disarˈticulated ppl. a.; also disarˈticulator, he who or that which disarticulates.
1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. xi. 378 The disarticulated stems. Ibid. ii. vii. xiii. 401 The cucurbitins are disarticulated zoonites. 1877Dawson Orig. World xiv. 302 Disarticulated remnants of human skeletons. |