circumduction

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɝ.kəmˈdʌk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Etymology 1

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

Noun

circumduction (uncountable)

1. (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.

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

Derived terms

• circumduct (verb)

Translations

Translations

• French: circumduction (fr) f
• Hindi: पर्यावर्तन (hi) (paryāvartan)
• Italian: circonduzione f
• Romanian: circumducție (ro) f
• Spanish: circunducción f

Etymology 2

From circumduce +‎ -tion.

Noun

circumduction (countable and uncountable, plural circumductions)

1. (Scots law) The act of circumducing.

References

• Anatomical terms of motion. (2008, February 27). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:23, March 28, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anatomical_terms_of_motion&oldid=194373387
• “circumduction”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siʁ.kɔm.dyk.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

circumduction f (countable and uncountable, plural circumductions)

1. circumduction

Further reading

• “circumduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.