disarticulate

UK /dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/ US /dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/
verb 2

Definitions

verb

1

To disjoint.

I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.

2

To amputate (a limb) at a joint without cutting the bone.

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