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Definition of Circumduction
1. Noun. A circular movement of a limb or eye.
Definition of Circumduction
1. n. A leading about; circumlocution.
Definition of Circumduction
1. Noun. 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. "Windmilling" the arms or rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumductive movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Circumduction
1. 1. Movement of a part, e.g., an extremity, in a circular direction. Synonym: cycloduction. Origin: circum-+ L. Duco, pp. Ductus, to draw (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumduction
Literary usage of Circumduction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1885)
"I cannot but think that Professor Heiberg is mistaken in believing that he never
heard the word circumduction on the Continent, for I find it on page 36 of ..."
2. The Forms and Procedure in Civil Causes in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland by David Johnston Macbrair (1853)
"There is no enactment relating to circumduction in the recent statute. By § 10
thereof, evidence is to be led at the diet appointed for proving; ..."
3. I. The Mechanism of Dislocations and Fracture of the Hip: II. Litholapaxy by Henry Jacob Bigelow (1894)
"When the patient lies on the floor, circumduction carries the knee of the ...
The following varieties of circumduction should be distinguished from one ..."
4. A System of human anatomy, general and special by Erasmus Wilson, George Buchanan, Henry Edward Clark (1880)
"The motions of joints may be referred to four heads, viz., Gliding, Angular
movement, circumduction, and Rotation. 2. Angular movement may be performed in ..."
5. Dislocations and joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"With a bit of practice these motions can all be merged into one continuous rotatory
sweep—a real circumduction. It is as pretty as the "tour de maître" with ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1875)
"When necessary, circumduction is practiced to lacerate the capsule more completely.
Reduction by extension dates from a period equally early with reduction ..."
7. On Fractures and Dislocations by Heinrich Helferich (1899)
"circumduction inwards with simultaneous traction on the limb may be required.
Fig. io8.—From a remarkable case of old ..."
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