extremity
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From Middle English extremite < Old French extremite < Latin extremitas (“‘the extremity or end’”) < extremis (“‘furthest, extreme’”); see extreme.
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extremity (plural extremities)
- The most extreme or furthest point of something.
- An extreme measure.
- A hand or foot.
- Guillian-Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one's extremities.
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furthest point
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extreme measure
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hand or foot
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[edit] External links
- extremity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- extremity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
