Collocations withlimb

These are words often used in combination withlimb.

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affected limb
Conversely, some patients with plexus avulsions report pain reduction with sensory input to the affected limb.
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artificial limb
One day it could help to restore vision, reconnect nerves or control an artificial limb.
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broken limb
Our whole trade structure will be dislocated or like a broken limb.
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extra limbs
After mutation, the body appears to rip itself open and develop extra limbs that are used to impale and tear apart their victims.
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hind limb
Rats were exposed to chronic (14-21 day) increases in gravity by centrifugation, or simulated micro-gravity using the hind limb suspension model.
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limb bones
We have observed expression around fetal vertebrae and upper limb bones and also in the heart and kidney.
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limb bud
Cell-cell interactions axis of the developing chick limb bud.
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limb deficiency
Included were children between the ages of 3½ and 4½ with a limb deficiency at about the middle third of the forearm.
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loss of limb
However, in spite of these improvements, the figures of deaths and loss of limb continue to mount.
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lost limb
A tarantula is a spider known to carry on despite the loss of a leg and with the ability to regrow a lost limb.
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missing limb
Inevitably, these matters link with community care—and housing is the missing limb of community care.
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residual limb
These values were used to calculate a center of mass for the residual limb, which was combined with the mass of the socket.
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upper limb
All patients had evidence of reduced femoral pulses and 11 also had upper limb systolic hypertension (>95th percentile).
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