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Circumduction
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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.
●
In Scottish English & Law:
The
act
of circumducing.
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Adduction
Rotation
Pronation
Hyperextension
Rhymes
Fluxion
Suction
Ruction
Eduction
Deduction
Induction
Reduction
Effluxion
Conduction
Traduction
Destruction
Instruction
Construction
Transduction
Introduction
Outroduction
Circumduction
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