| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| circumduction |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cir·cum·duc·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sûr k m-d k shn |
| NOUN: | The circular movement of a limb such that the distal end of the limb delineates an arc. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin circumducti , circumductin-, act of leading around, from circumductus, past participle of circumd cere, to lead around : circum-, circum- + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Appendix I.
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