HIND LIMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hind limb mean? 

• HIND LIMB (noun)
  The noun HIND LIMB has 1 sense:

1. a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals

  Familiarity information: HIND LIMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIND LIMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hind limb; hindlimb

Hypernyms ("hind limb" is a kind of...):

limb (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hind limb"):

hind leg (the back limb of a quadruped)

 Context examples 

As a result, almost all of the animals regained the use of their hind limbs.

(Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis, NIH)

Frequent in some GEM and mice infected with acutely transforming MuLV; Necropsy findings: Splenomegaly, generalized lymphadenopathy, usually with extensive spread to liver, kidney, and lungs, sometimes to meninges with skull exostoses and hind limb paralysis; leukemic form in about one third of cases; Cell size: Medium, uniform; Cytoplasm: Scant; Nuclei: Round or ovoid; chromatin fine; Nucleoli: Variable, often single, central and prominent but sometimes small and multiple; Mitoses: Numerous; Pattern: Diffuse, sometimes starry sky because of apoptosis.

(Mouse Precursor B Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)