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(medicine, transitive) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury.
DELGADO OUT OF LINEUP The day after hyperextending his left knee as he tried to catch a foul ball, Carlos Delgado was held out of the starting lineup.
The mix of ballet vocabulary, modern techniques and African steps is familiar, but the extent to which Mr. Rhoden packs — and overpacks — phrases, cultivates warp-speed delivery and hyperextends every possible hip jut and arabesque is, thank goodness, something special to Complexions.
Every time you push off and hyperextend the toe, which happens when doing something as simple as taking a step or more strenuous like cutting and jumping, the MTP joint is involved.
Use hyperextend when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyperextend means (medicine, transitive) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury.
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DELGADO OUT OF LINEUP The day after hyperextending his left knee as he tried to catch a foul ball, Carlos Delgado was held out of the starting lineup.
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