extremity
ik stre muh tee
- n an external body part that projects from the body
- n an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
- n the greatest or utmost degree
the extremity of despair - n the outermost or farthest region or point
- n that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
- This war will produce the first generation of veterans in bionic arms and legs, a legacy that may seem most pronounced for upper extremity amputees.
- Political commentators at this point are mostly rewarded by the extremity of their viewpoint.
- He once said, "My purpose in writing has always been to express human potentials and purposes relevant to the Space Age"by which he meant addiction and willful extremity, both .