CIRCUMDUCTION

circumduction

(noun) a circular movement of a limb or eye

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

circumduction (countable and uncountable, plural circumductions)

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.

(legal) The act of circumducing.

Source: Wiktionary

Cir`cum*duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. circumductio.]

1. A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] Hooker.

2. An annulling; cancellation. [R.] Ayliffe.

3. (Phisiol.)

Definition: The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition