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Circumduction Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Circumduction has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a circular movement of a limb or eye

2

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.

3

The act of circumducing.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
motion
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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