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词汇 disarticulate
释义 disarticulate
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˌdɪs.ɑːˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/ us /ˌdɪs.ɑːrˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/
medical specialized
to separate two bones that form a joint or to become separated in this way:
The dinosaur bones, although disarticulated, are representative of much of the skeleton.
The activities of scavenging animals often disarticulate the skeletons.
Compare
articulate
See also
dislocate
formal
to separate things or people that were previously connected:
This approach has helped to disarticulate and fragment potential opponents.
This case illustrates the difficulty judicial reforms are likely to confront unless the judicial branch has already been completely disarticulated.
Synonym
disconnect
Like most snakes, it can disarticulate its lower jaw from its upper to swallow particularly large prey.
The specimens are well preserved, although often disarticulated.
The oldest penguin fossils include three nearly complete but disarticulated skeletons that date to between 60 million and 58 million years ago.
Conventional conceptions of Left and Right are being disarticulated and rearticulated into new relationships.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Separating and dividing
apheresis
atomize
bifurcate
bifurcation
bisect
dissociable
dissociate
dissociate yourself from something
dissociation
disunion
parcel something out
partible
periodization
periodize
polarize
ungraded
unjoined
unmix
unmixable
unmixed

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