Limb
61Limb (anatomy) — A limb (from the Old English lim ) is a jointed, or prehensile (as octopus tentacles or new world monkey tails), appendage of the human or animal body.Most animals use limbs for locomotion, such as walking, running, or climbing. Some animals can… …
62limb lengthening — an orthopaedic procedure for increasing the length of a limb (usually the leg). An external fixator is attached to the bone. This can be a circular frame surrounding the bone, which was invented by the Russian surgeon Ilizarov, or a bar down one… …
63limb lengthening — an orthopaedic procedure for increasing the length of a limb (usually the leg). An external fixator is attached to the bone. This can be a circular frame surrounding the bone, which was invented by the Russian surgeon Ilizarov, or a bar down one… …
64limb perfusion — A technique that may be used to deliver anticancer drugs directly to an arm or leg. The flow of blood to and from the limb is temporarily stopped with a tourniquet, and anticancer drugs are put directly into the blood of the limb. This allows the …
65Limb's Theorem — Das moderne dreiteilige Ballettstück Limb s Theorem wurde von William Forsythe choreographiert und die Musik dazu von Thom Willems geschrieben. Es basiert z.T. auf Improvisation. Uraufgeführt wurde es am 17. März 1990 beim Ballett Frankfurt und… …
66Limb’s Theorem — Das moderne dreiteilige Ballettstück Limb s Theorem wurde von William Forsythe choreographiert und die Musik dazu von Thom Willems geschrieben. Es basiert z.T. auf Improvisation. Uraufgeführt wurde es am 17. März 1990 beim Ballett Frankfurt und… …
67limb of the law — a policeman Alluding perhaps to the cliché, the long arm of the law. Be t priest, or laird, or limb o law. (Nicholson, 1814) Rarely shortened to limb. A limbo was a prison, from the place where unbaptized infants dwell along with… …
68limb bud — The limbs of vertebrates start as outpushings of mesenchyme surrounded by a simple epithelium. The distal region is referred to as the progress zone. There has been extensive study of positional information within the limb bud that determines,… …
69limb-for — a man addicted to any thing is called a limb for it. Norf. and Suff …
70limb bud — noun : a proliferation of embryonic tissue shaped like a mound from which a limb develops …
