Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disjoint; put out of joint; luxate.
- In surgery, to sever the ligamentous connections of at a joint; amputate at a joint: as, to
exarticulate the thumb. - In zoology, not jointed; not consisting of two or more joints; inarticulate; composed of a single joint, as the antennæ or palpi of certain insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having only one
joint ; said of certaininsects .
Etymologies
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ex- + articulate
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