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Circumversion

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circinationnoun(botany) A circular growth or foliation.
circumvolationnounCirculation; the act of moving around something.
circnoun(informal) Circumcision.
circumgyrationnounrotation, revolution
circumductionnoun(anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
circumflectionnounAlternative form of circumflexion. [(archaic) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.]
circumnavigationnounThe act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumpositionnoun(linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
circumcursationnoun(obsolete) The act of running or rambling around.
circumvolutionnounThe act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumambulationnounThe act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumflexionnounA winding about; a turning or fold.
circumcizernounAlternative spelling of circumcisor. [One who carries out circumcision.]
cycloversionnoun(medicine) Conjugate cyclorotation of the eye (torsional movements in the same direction).
clinorotatingnoun(rare) Synonym of clinorotation.
circumbendibusnoun(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
cycloductionnounSynonym of circumduction of the eye
circumellipsenoun(mathematics) An elliptical circumconic
circumcrescencenounSynonym of epiboly.
circuitionnoun(archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.

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