Divaricate Definition
dī-vărĭ-kāt, dĭ-
divaricated, divaricates, divaricating
verb
To spread widely apart; separate into diverging parts or branches; fork; branch.
Webster's New World
adjective
Spreading or branching far apart; widely diverging.
Webster's New World
Relating to a separation of two bones normally adjacent or attached but not located in a joint; distatic.
American Heritage Medicine
With wide angles between branches.
Wiktionary
Origin of Divaricate
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Latin divaricat-, past participle stem of divaricare, from di- + varicare (“stretch (the legs) apart”), from varicus (“straddling”).
From Wiktionary
Latin dīvāricāre, dīvāricāt- dī, dis- dis- vāricāre to straddle (from vārus bent)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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