"circumduction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ʌkʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circumductiō (“a leading or conducting around”), from circumdūcō (“to lead or draw around”) + -tiō (nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|circumductiō||a leading or conducting around}} Latin circumductiō (“a leading or conducting around”), {{af|la|circumdūcō|-tiō|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to lead or draw around}} circumdūcō (“to lead or draw around”) + -tiō (nominal suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} circumduction (uncountable)
  1. (anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: circumduct [verb] Translations (Translations): circumduction [feminine] (French), पर्यावर्तन (paryāvartan) (Hindi), circonduzione [feminine] (Italian), circumducție [feminine] (Romanian), circunducción [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-circumduction-en-noun-nhZM6p5Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with circum-, English terms suffixed with -tion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with circum-: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/ [General-American] Forms: circumductions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkʃən Etymology: From circumduce + -tion. Etymology templates: {{af|en|circumduce|-tion}} circumduce + -tion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} circumduction (countable and uncountable, plural circumductions)
  1. (Scots law) The act of circumducing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-circumduction-en-noun-xLaaI-tG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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