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🩺 Body part reposition 🦠 Movement response
taxis

taxis

1 9.7
To put a body part back into its normal position using hands
  • noun
  • /ˈtæksɪs/
  • Specialized
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  • The doctor performed a taxis to reposition the patient's dislocated shoulder during the procedure.

Examples

  • In cases of a hernia, a quick taxis can help restore the displaced tissue to its original position.

  • After the injury, the surgeon explained that a taxis would be needed to align the bone correctly.

  • Taxis are operating on a regular fare basis and not zone rates, which happened during last year's Irene storm.

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  • Taxis are notorious for denying passengers if they aren't going to the airport or another long-distance fare, even if they are available.

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  • Taxis typically won't go to poor neighborhoods, and the jitneys are unregulated and spotty at best.

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  • Taxis are very expensive in Jamaica (because cars are very expensive), but his rate seemed reasonable—$10 or $15.

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Surface Forms

taxis singular
taxes plural

Etymology

The word taxis comes from a Greek word taxis that means 'order' or 'arrangement'. In medicine it means putting a displaced body part back into the right place, so you can remember it as 'putting things back in order'.