extremity

English

Etymology

From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremite, from Latin extremitas (“the extremity or end”), from extremis (“furthest, extreme”); see extreme.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭkstrĕ'mĭtē, IPA: /ɪkˈstrɛmɪti/, SAMPA: /Ik"strEmIti/

Noun

extremity (plural extremities)

1. The most extreme or furthest point of something.
2. An extreme measure.
3. A hand or foot.

   Guillian-Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one's extremities.

Synonyms

• limb

Related terms

• extreme

Translations

furthest point

Armenian: ծայր (hy) (çayr), եզր (hy) (ezr), վերջ (hy) (verǰ), վերջավորություն (hy) (verǰavorut’yun) Catalan: extremitat (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 末端 (cmn) (mòduān) Dutch: uiterste (nl) n., extremiteit (nl) f., uiteinde (nl) n. Finnish: ääripää (fi), ääriraja (fi)

French: extrémité (fr) f. German: Extremität (de) f., äußerstes Ende (de) n. Hungarian: véglet (hu) Italian: estremità (it) f. Japanese: 果て (ja) (はて, hate), 末端 (ja) (まったん, mattan) Portuguese: extremidade (pt) f. Russian: край (ru) (kraj) m., оконечность (ru) (okonéčnost') f., конец (ru) (konéc) m.

extreme measure

Armenian: ծայրահեղություն (hy) (çayraheġut’yun) Finnish: äärimmäisyys (fi), äärimitta (fi)

Hungarian: szélsőség (hu)

hand or foot

Armenian: վերջավորություն (hy) (verǰavorut’yun) Catalan: extremitat (ca) f. Czech: končetina (cs) f. Finnish: raaja (fi) German: Extremität (de) f.

Hungarian: végtag (hu) Portuguese: extremidade (pt) f. Russian: конечность (ru) f. Swedish: extremitet (sv) c.

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Spanish: extremidad (es) f.

External links

• extremity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• extremity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911