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extremity

/ɪkˈstɹɛməti/ sustantivo C1

En español: extremidad

  1. The most extreme or furthest point of something. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An extreme measure. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A hand or foot. (countable, uncountable) · Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.
  4. A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”). (countable, uncountable)

Plural extremities

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De la biblioteca

There was no one in Charles Street, but a great traffic was going on, as usual, in Whitehall, at the extremity.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 65 · B2
The fellow looked at us in a helpless way, and he wrung his hands together like one who is in the last extremity of doubt and misery.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 116 · C1
He moved his bed, drew up the stone, rushed into the passage, and reached the opposite extremity; the secret entrance was open.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 203 · C1
The two men, approaching the ends of the bed, took the sack by its extremities.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 218 · C1

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