missing limb

collocation in English

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missing
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/us
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ/
Someone who is missing ...
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limb
noun[C]
uk
/lɪm/us
/lɪm/
an arm or leg of a person ...
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(Definition ofmissingandlimbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Inevitably, these matters link with community care—and housing is themissinglimbof community care.
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Phantom pains occur when nerves that would normally innervate themissinglimbcause pain.
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He successfully regrew themissinglimbof a rabbit and then chose to test it on himself.
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Themissinglimboften feels shorter and may feel as if it is in a distorted and painful position.
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Healing energy can repair damages due to injury or illness, but can not replace amissinglimbor reverse birth defects.
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When the snapping claw is lost themissinglimbwill regenerate into a smaller claw and the original smaller appendage will grow into a new snapping claw.
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Ramachandran and colleagues illustrated this theory by showing that stroking different parts of the face led to perceptions of being touched on different parts of themissinglimb.
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It is caused by the improper innervation of the missing limbs by the nerves that would normally innervate the limb.
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Some were missing limbs or were bound with wire.
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The power of the tsunami was great: large numbers of victims were found with broken bodies or missing limbs.
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A diagrammatic comparison shows just how close the similarities are, down to the missing limbs.
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Each of his missing limbs are replaced with one made of lead.
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A prosthetist deals with mainly amputees (unilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, etc.), or congenital malfunctioning of limbs or even replacing the missing limbs, etc.
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People with apotemnophilia have an ideal image of their bodies as an amputee with missing limbs.
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It is not uncommon to visit rest homes and volunteer clinics where migrants with missing limbs are recovering from rail accidents.
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As a result, many of the students in his class have missing limbs or other body parts depending upon the seriousness of the offense.
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Ecdysis also allows damaged tissue and missing limbs to be regenerated or substantially re-formed.
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His missing limbs have been replaced with sophisticated prosthetics called.
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Smart prostheses can be designed to replace missing limbs controlled by neural signals by transplanting nerves from the stump of an amputee to muscles.
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