disarticulating
Severing at joints
Disarticulating means separating at the joints.
The term appears most often in anatomy, surgery, and butchery—contexts where limbs or bones are detached at their natural connections rather than cut through: The surgeon disarticulated the finger at the knuckle.
In archaeology, a disarticulated skeleton has bones scattered rather than connected as in life.
Shared by multiple parties
- separationState of being apart
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
ligament · socket · limb · skeletal · cadaver · autopsy · tendon · connective tissue
Shared by multiple parties
- hingeMovable connecting joint
- pivotPoint of rotation
- assemblyConstructing from components
- componentElement of a system
connection · linkage · robot · prosthetic · mechanism · coupling · mannequin · puppet
Slaughtered animal's body
- quarteringDivision by four
- breaking downStopping working properly
- gameOrganized play or sport
- poultryBirds raised for food
venison · processing · knife · cleaver · joints · deboning · meat · slaughter
Preserved ancient organism
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- excavationAct of unearthing
- specimenIndividual for examination
- museumPublic exhibit space
reconstruction · dinosaur · articulated · scattered · preservation · decay · sediment · burial
joint
Shared by multiple parties
- separationState of being apart
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- boneHard skeletal tissue
cartilage · ligament · socket · limb · skeletal · cadaver · autopsy · tendon · connective tissue · dismemberment
joint
Shared by multiple parties
component · connection · linkage · robot · prosthetic · mechanism · coupling · mannequin · puppet · armature
carcass
Slaughtered animal's body
- quarteringDivision by four
- breaking downStopping working properly
- gameOrganized play or sport
poultry · venison · processing · knife · cleaver · joints · deboning · meat · slaughter · skinning
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- excavationAct of unearthing
- specimenIndividual for examination
museum · reconstruction · dinosaur · articulated · scattered · preservation · decay · sediment · burial · weathering
disarticulatingarticulating
Expressing clearly in speech
joining · connecting · reattaching · coupling · linking
disarticulatingarticulating
Expressing clearly in speech
assembling · integrating · constructing · putting together · unifying