n. | 1. | The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; |
2. | (Zool.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. | |
3. | The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. | |
4. | The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. |
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2. | extremity - an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) | |
3. | extremity - the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair" | |
4. | extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point | |
5. | extremity - that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso |