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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Exsert, Exserted</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw><hw>Ex*sert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex*sert"ed</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsertus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exserere</ets> to stretch out or forth. See <er>Exert</er>.]</ety> <def>Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; <as>as, <ex>exsert</ex> stamens</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A small portion of the basal edge of the shell <b>exserted</b>. <i>D. H. Barnes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exsertile</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*sert"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Capable of being thrust out or protruded.</def>

<i>J. Fleming.</i>

<h1>Exsiccant</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*sic"cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsiccans</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>exsiccare</ets>. See <er>Exsiccate</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An exsiccant medicine.</def></def2>

<h1>Exsiccate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"sic*cate</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exsiccated</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exsiccating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exsiccatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exsiccare</ets> to dry up; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>siccare</ets> to make dry, <ets>siccus</ets> dry.]</ety> <def>To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Exsiccation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`sic*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsiccatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exsiccation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Exsiccative</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*sic"ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.</def>

<h1>Exsiccator</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"sic*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.</def>

<h1>Exsiliency</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*sil"i*en*cy</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsiliens</ets> leaping out, p.pr. of <ets>exsilire</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>salire</ets> to leap.]</ety> <def>A leaping out.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Latham.</i>

<h1>Exsolution</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`so*lu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exsolutio</ets> a release.]</ety> <def>Relaxation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Richardson (Dict. ).</i>

<h1>Exspoliation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*spo`li*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exspoliatio</ets>, fr. <ets>exspoliare</ets> to spoil, to plunder; <ets>ex</ets> out, from + <ets>spoliare</ets>. See <er>Spoliate</er>.]</ety> <def>Spoliation.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>