disarticulate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English articulate English disarticulate From dis- + articulate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To disjoint.
I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.
2002, Eric Anderson, The Man Who Cried Orange, page 239:
- (transitive) To amputate (a limb) at a joint without cutting the bone.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disarticulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disarticulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disarticulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disarticulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
disarticulation · unarticulate · inarticulate · unarticulated
Translations (6)
es desarticular (to disjoint) · pt desarticular (to disjoint) · bg разглобявам (to disjoint) · ro dezarticula (to disjoint) · bg разчленявам (to disjoint) · el αποδιαρθρώνω (to disjoint)