Definitions
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- adjective Half bent.
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- adjective anatomy
Half bent .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The limb is held with the joints all semiflexed, and severe and intense throbbing pains are indicated by the frequent pawing movements the animal makes in the air.
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It caused a semiflexed position to be assumed by the joint, and was removed by Mr. Brown in No. 1 General Hospital at Wynberg.
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The animal comes out from the stable stiff, even dead-lame, and the limb is carried with the lower joints semiflexed.
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-- The patient is sitting or lying, with the semiflexed arm supported, if convenient.
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If the finger be placed in this dimple and the semiflexed forearm be alternately pronated and supinated the head of the radius will be felt distinctly, rotating in the radial notch.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 11. Surface Anatomy of the Upper Extremity
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When the knee is semiflexed, the Biceps femoris in consequence of its oblique direction rotates the leg slightly outward; and the Semitendinosus, and to a slight extent the Semimembranosus, rotate the leg inward, assisting the Popliteus.
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The ligament is made tense when the thigh is semiflexed and the limb then adducted or rotated outward; it is, on the other hand, relaxed when the limb is abducted.
III. Syndesmology. 7. Articulations of the Lower Extremity. a. Coxal Articulation or Hip-joint
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When the knee is semiflexed, the medial borders of the patella and of the medial condyle of the femur, and the upper border of the medial condyle of the tibia, bound a triangular depressed area which indicates the position of the joint.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 13. Surface Anatomy of the Lower Extremity
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BLOOM: _ (With sinews semiflexed) _ Magmagnificence!
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During rest the animal often carries his leg forward, somewhat analogous to the "pointing" position of navicular disease, though in some cases the painful member drops at the elbow in a semiflexed position.
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