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CIRCUMDUCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does circumduction mean?
• CIRCUMDUCTION (noun)
The noun CIRCUMDUCTION has 1 sense:
1. a circular movement of a limb or eye
Familiarity information: CIRCUMDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A circular movement of a limb or eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumduction" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
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