单词 | disarticulation |
释义 | disarticulationn. 1. The action of removing a limb or part of a limb at a joint; the process of undergoing detachment at a joint or joints; an instance of this. Cf. disarticulate v. 1a.In surgery, disarticulation was originally distinguished from amputation in that it does not require division of a bone, but amputation is now typically used in a broader sense to include both techniques. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > disjunction, disunion, or disconnection unknittingc1384 discretiona1398 disjunctionc1400 disjuncturec1400 discouplingc1425 unjoining?c1425 unjointing?c1425 disjoining1530 disunion1598 breach1625 disunity1632 disconnection1663 disjointure1757 disjointing1794 disarticulation1808 non-union1823 1808 J. H. Wishart tr. A. Scarpa Treat. Aneurism ix. 288 Disarticulations [It. disarticolazioni] are much less subject to be followed by severe symptoms than amputations. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 251 In Orchideæ..a complete disarticulation of the stem and leaves takes place. 1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Dec. 49/2 The mortality for 16 disarticulations of the hip was the same as for amputation through the upper third of the thigh. 2010 Daily Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel 29 July 6/3 Human bodies break down at the joints, in a process called disarticulation, and it's not uncommon to find body parts on beaches encased in a floatable object like a shoe. 2. The breaking up or separation of something into constituent parts; (also) the absence or failure of integrated working of separate parts within a whole; an instance of this. Cf. disarticulate v. 2, disarticulate v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] resolutiona1398 resolvinga1398 anatomya1569 analysis1588 analysing1600 retexture1620 principiationa1626 solution1655 analysation1698 decomposure1744 decomposition1762 disarticulation1902 1902 Sci. Amer. 22 Nov. 342/2 The necessity of direct sky light for disarticulation of glacier ice into its constituent grains. 1905 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 23 June 2/4 The disarticulation of secondary education, in England, has had the result of separating the pupils, by social classes, into different schools. 1958 Catholic Hist. Rev. 44 140 Nor did American Catholics..help..this disarticulation between the Catholic immigrant and the non-Catholic American majority. 1998 D. Vandewalle Libya since Independence ii. 22 The primary..characteristic of distributive states is the disarticulation of the integrative process that developed in Europe. 2014 Afr. News (Nexis) 2 Sept. Angola lost the game..as a result of a disarticulation blamable on a tough luck day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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