"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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with circum-, English terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with circum-: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 64 36 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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