circumduction

环行(运动)

发音

UK /ˌsɜː.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/
US /ˌsɝ.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/

词形变化

circumductions 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    不可数 医学

    Windmilling the arms and rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumduction.

  2. 1.

    The act of circumducing.

    可数 不可数 苏格兰 法律

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

move movement motion motility

词源

Borrowed from Latin circumductiō (“a leading or conducting around”), from circumdūcō (“to lead or draw around”) + -tiō (nominal suffix). Equivalent to circumduct + -ion.

来源：wiktionary