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Extremity

Extremity Meaning & Definition
Extremity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extremity?

[n] an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
[n] that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
[n] the outermost or farthest region or point
[n] the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair"
[n] an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Extremity: appendage | member

Related Terms | Find terms related to Extremity: abandon | abstract | aching heart | acme | acuteness | agony | agony of mind | all | anguish | animality | apex | apogee | arch | arms | atrocity | bale | barbarity | bitter end | bitterness | bleeding heart | blind alley | bloodlust | border | border line | bottom dollar | bound | boundary | boundary condition | boundary line | boundlessness | bounds | bourn | box | break boundary | breakoff point | broken heart | brow | brutality | butt | butt end | cap | ceiling | circumscription | clear | clear away | climacteric | climax | cloud nine | clubfoot | clutch | compass | confine | convergence of events | corner | crest | crisis | critical juncture | critical point | crossroads | crown | crucial period | crunch | crushing | cul-de-sac | culmen | culmination | cutoff | cutoff point | dead end | dead-end street | deadline | deadlock | death agonies | death groan | death rattle | death struggle | death throes | deathbed | deathwatch | delimitation | deliver | depression | depth of misery | desolation | despair | destructiveness | detach | determinant | difference | differentiate | digit | disburden | discern | discriminate | disembarrass | disembroil | disencumber | disengage | disentangle | disinvolve | distinguish | division line | dog | dying breath | edge | egregiousness | emergency | end | enormousness | exaggeration | excess | excessiveness | exigency | exorbitance | exorbitancy | extravagance | extravagancy | extreme | extreme limit | extremes | extremism | extremities | extricate | fabulousness | fag end | farthest bound | feet | ferociousness | fetlock | fierceness | final extremity | fingers | finish | floor | foot | force | forefoot | forepaw | free | frontier | furiousness | giantism | gigantism | gluttony | grief | halt | hands | harefoot | harshness | heartache | heaven | heavens | heavy heart | hedge | heel | height | high noon | highest degree | highest pitch | highest point | high-water mark | hinge | hole | hoof | hyperbole | hypertrophy | immoderacy | immoderateness | immoderation | impasse | impetuosity | inclemency | incontinence | infelicity | inhumanity | inordinacy | inordinance | inordinateness | instep | intemperance | intemperateness | intensity | interface | jumping-off place | last agony | last breath | last gasp | legs | liberate | limbs | limen | limit | limitation | limiting factor | limits | line | line of demarcation | lower limit | low-water mark | malignity | march | margin | mark | maximum | melancholia | melancholy | mercilessness | meridian | mete | mindlessness | misery | monstrousness | moribundity | mountaintop | murderousness | ne plus ultra | nib | nimiety | no place higher | noon | nth degree | outrageousness | overdevelopment | overgreatness | overgrowth | overindulgence | overlargeness | overmuch | overmuchness | pad | pass | pastern | patte | paw | peak | pedal extremity | pedes | periphery | pes | pied | pinch | pinnacle | pitch | pitilessness | point | pole | prostration | pug | push | radicalism | release | rescue | resolve | ridge | rigor | roughness | rub | sadness | savagery | separate | seventh heaven | sever | severalize | severity | sharpness | sky | sole | spire | splayfoot | stalemate | stand | standstill | start | starting line | starting point | stop | strait | stub | stump | suicidal despair | summit | tag | tag end | tail | tail end | target date | term | terminal date | termination | terminus | terrorism | the whole | threshold | throes of death | Thule | time allotment | tip | tip-top | toe | toes | too much | too-muchness | tootsy | top | trotter | trotters | turn | turning point | Ultima Thule | unconscionableness | undueness | ungentleness | ungula | unravel | unreasonableness | unrestrainedness | unscramble | untangle | untie | untwine | upmost | upper extremity | upper limit | uppermost | utmost | utmost extent | uttermost | vandalism | vehemence | venom | vertex | very top | viciousness | violence | virulence | wings | woe | wretchedness | zenith

See Also | adversity | bitter end | bound | boundary | bounds | chela | chelicera | claw | dactyl | digit | end | external body part | extreme | extreme point | extremum | fin | finger | hand | hardship | limb | limit | manus | mitt | mouthpart | nipper | parapodium | part | paw | pedal extremity | pincer | pleopod | region | swimmeret | toe | ultimacy | ultimateness | vertebrate foot

Extremity In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*trem"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Extremities}(?). [L. extremitas: cf. F. extr['e]mit['e].] 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. 3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. ``The extremity of bodily pain.'' --Ray. 4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. --Milton. Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. --Milton. Syn: Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.

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