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LOWER LIMB

Specialty Definition: LOWER LIMB

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Aerospace

That half of the edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body having the least altitude; in contrast with the upper limb, that half having the greatest altitude. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

The portion of the hood between the crown and the exit lip. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Lower limb

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In humans, the lower limb is an anatomical term for what is commonly referred to as the leg. The leg in anatomy is just a part of the lower limb.

The lower limb includes the following regions:

See also:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lower limb."

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Crosswords: LOWER LIMB

English words defined with "LOWER LIMB": Saphenous. (references)
Specialty definitions using "LOWER LIMB": Hemipelvectomyoffset type water sealsemidiameter correction, stepped type water sealtudel type water sealupper limb. (references)

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Commercial Usage: LOWER LIMB

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Books

  • Photographic Atlas of Practical Anatomy, Volume I: Abdomen, Lower Limb in 2 Volumes (reference)

  • Orthotics in Functional Rehabilitation of the Lower Limb (reference)

  • Prosthetics and Orthotics: Lower Limb and Spine (reference)

  • The Physiology of the Joints: Annotated Diagrams of the Mechanics of the Human Joints: Lower Limb (reference)

  • Peripheral Nerve Block: Lower Limb (Cd-Rom for Windows & Macintosh) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: LOWER LIMB

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Business

A significant percentage of lower limb amputation occurs among patients with diabetes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: LOWER LIMB

Expression using "LOWER LIMB": endoskeletal artificial lower limb. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LOWER LIMB

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

lower limb

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: LOWER LIMB

Language Translations for "LOWER LIMB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

underste del (lower leg), underextremitet, ben (bone, leg, paw). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onderste ledemaat, onderrand (lower leg), benedengedeelte (lower leg), been (arm, bone, leg, paw). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

alareuna (bottom, foot, lower edge). (various references)

   

French

  

membre inférieur. (various references)

   

German

  

unteres Stueck (lower leg), unterer Teil (lower part), Membrum inferius corporis, Membrum inferius, Extremitas pelvina, Extremitas inferior. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάτω μέλος του σώματος, κάτω μέλος, κάτω άκρο, πυελικό άκρο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tronco di valle del condotto (lower leg), arto inferiore. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owerlay imblay

   

Portuguese

  

ramo jusante (lower leg), membro inferior. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

miembro inferior. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

huvens del nedanför krönet (lower leg). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LOWER LIMB

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-l-m-o-r-w"

-2 letters: blowier, embroil, imbower, lowlier, wombier.

-3 letters: bellow, beworm, biller, billow, blower, boiler, bowler, emboli, limber, mellow, miller, mobile, moiler, mollie, rebill, reboil, willer, wimble, wormil.

-4 letters: below, biome, birle, bowel, bower, brill, broil, brome, elbow, embow, iller, libel, liber, limbo, lower, miler, mille, moire, morel, mower, obeli, oiler, omber, ombre, oriel, reoil, rille.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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