Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Movement toward the dorsum, as in approximation of the toes to the anterior surface of the leg.
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- noun medicine
Flexion in thedorsal direction
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- noun the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Focusing on the ankle joint, he determined the angle of "dorsiflexion" - the degree to which the ankle rotates to point the toes upwards.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Point your toes as your legs swing forward this prevents dorsiflexion
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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The movements of the joint are those of dorsiflexion and extension; dorsiflexion consists in the approximation of the dorsum of the foot to the front of the leg, while in extension the heel is drawn up and the toes pointed downward.
III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint 1918
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In dorsiflexion, herefore, greater space is required between the two malleoli.
III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint 1918
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When these measures are impracticable, the suffering may be relieved by inserting in the boot a rigid metal plate which will prevent any attempt at dorsiflexion in walking.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The lunate may be displaced forward by forcible dorsiflexion of the hand, and forms a projection beneath the flexor tendons; there is usually loss of sensibility in the distribution of the ulnar nerve in the hand.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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There is dorsiflexion at the ankle-joint, and if an attempt is made to flex the foot towards the sole, the extensor tendons stand out prominently.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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As the disease progresses, the toe is drawn towards the sole and becomes permanently flexed -- _hallux flexus_ -- and any attempt at dorsiflexion is attended with pain.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Jones divides the tendo Achillis and the flexors of the toes subcutaneously, and maintains the dorsiflexion by excising an oval flap of skin from the front of the ankle.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In the _acquired form_, the appearances are different, because the anterior part of the foot is usually flexed towards the sole, thus disguising to a certain extent the dorsiflexion at the ankle.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
qms commented on the word dorsiflexion
A rhymer sunk deep in dejection
May sometimes support an exception,
And if he should lack words
Will bend over backwards
In postures of pained dorsiflexion.
December 17, 2017