extremitas
[ ĭk-strĕm′ĭ-təs ]
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n. pl. ex•trem•i•ta•tes (ĭk-strĕm′ĭ-tā′tēz)
A limb; extremity.
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Example sentences from the Web for extremitas
Oris labrum long producitur et motus proprios efficit; sophagi inferior extremitas dentibus munitur.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles DarwinIn Suevo-Gothic, Backe is "an ascent or descent, extremitas montes, alias crepido vel ora."