释义 |
hyperextend, v.|haɪpərɪkˈstɛnd| [f. hyper- 4 c + extend v.] trans. To extend, in the sense opp. to flex v., (a joint, or a part of the body moving about a joint) so as to attain an abnormally great angle. So hyperexˈtended ppl. a.
1883Brain V. 348 The toes are spread out and hyper⁓extended. 1886Ibid. IX. 169 Between this ridge and the toes there is a deep hollow, to which the hyperextended first phalanges form an almost perpendicular boundary. 1903Tubby & Jones Mod. Methods Surg. Paralyses ii. 218 Treatment should consist in rendering the forearm supine and hyperextending the wrist. 1927Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 28 May 1711/1 The fingers could be hyperextended until they touched the dorsum of the wrist. 1963Lancet 5 Jan. 6/1 An injury in which the neck has been forcibly hyperextended or flexed. Also hyperexˈtension, the state of being hyperextended.
1883Brain V. 480 There is a slight hyper-extension at the torso-phalangeal, and flexion at the phalangeal joints. 1905A. B. Jackson Influence Growth on Deformities iv. 85 The best result after this affection is a knee ankylosed in extension or hyperextension. 1961Lancet 5 Aug. 297/1 The common pattern of deformity was flexion..and dislocation of the hip, with extension or hyperextension of the knee. 1968J. Winearls Mod. Dance (ed. 2) ii. 48 In the case of the backwards contraction, the spine is really in hyper-extension. |