Cir`cum*duc"tion (?), n. [L. circumductio.]
1.
A leading about; circumlocution.
[R.]
Hooker.
2.
An annulling; cancellation.
[R.]
Ayliffe.
3. Phisiol.
The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.
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