Defn: The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
EXSERT; EXSERTED Ex*sert", Ex*sert"ed, a. Etym: [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]
Defn: Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert
stamens.
A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H.
Barnes.
EXSERTILE
Ex*sert"ile, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.
EXSICCANT
Ex*sic"cant, a. Etym: [L. exsiccans, p.pr. of exsiccare. See
Exsiccate.]
Defn: Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
— n. (Med.)
Defn: An exsiccant medicine.
EXSICCATE
Ex"sic*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated(); p. pr. & vb. n.
Exsiccating.] Etym: [L. exsiccatus, p.p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex
out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.]
Defn: To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T.
Browne.