circumduction
[,sə:kəm'dʌkʃən]
- n. [生理] 环行(运动)
英英释义
- 1. a circular movement of a limb or eye
英文词源
- circumduction (n.)
- 1570s, from Latin circumductionem (nominative circumductio), noun of action from past participle stem of circumducere "to lead around, move or drive around," from circum "around" (see circum-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related: Circumduce.