extremities
pronunciation
How to pronounce extremities in British English:
UK [ɪks'tremɪtɪs]
How to pronounce extremities in American English:
US [ɪks'tremɪtɪs]
Word Origin
- extremities (n.)
- early 15c., "hands and feet, uttermost parts of the body," plural of extremity. Meaning "a person's last moments" is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Also , a hydrated body is more efficient at dispersing energy-building nutrients to all its extremities .
- 2. The standard treatment is a series of three open-heart operations to reroute circulation so that the right ventricle can take over pumping blood to the body 's organs and extremities .
- 3. The abnormally high levels of glucose circulating in the bloodstream are toxic to the blood vessels , especially the tiny blood vessels of the eyes , the kidneys , the extremities , and the heart .
- 4. In the mount sinai school of medicine 's focus on healthy aging newsletter , cardiologist bruce darrow notes that cold weather brings on other changes in the body - for instance , your body reduces blood flow to your extremities ( fingers and toes ) in cold weather .
- 5. He described things not in or near to his heart , but toward his extremities and superficies . There was , in this sense , no truly central or centralizing thought in the lecture .