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Where your body runs out of body and the cold finds you first.
means The furthest or outermost point of something — and especially the hands, feet, fingers, and toes at the far ends of your body.
from From Latin extremus, 'outermost,' the superlative of exter, 'outward' — the same root that gives us 'exterior' and 'external.' It reached English through Old French extremite. So an extremity is literally the most-outward part: where you end and the world begins.
- blood last
- Hypothermia sacrifices limbs to save the core
- word root
- From Latin extremus, the outermost edge
- medical sense
- Arms and legs, ranked by distance from heart
- figurative
- Also means desperate, last-ditch dire straits
- phantom feel
- Lost extremities still itch and ache afterward
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