EGAVE

extremity

About 4.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The most extreme or furthest point of something. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun An extreme measure.
  3. noun A hand or foot.
    Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.
  4. noun A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

Similar words

member appendage extreme terminus end sequential sequence edge corner bulge

Often followed by

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Word family

extremities

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