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Noun extremity has 5 senses

extremity, appendage, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
--₁ is a kind of external body part
--₁ has particulars:
chelicera; mouthpart; claw, chela, nipper, pincer; parapodium; fin; swimmeret, pleopod; limb; vertebrate foot, pedal extremity; digit, dactyl
extremity - an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
--₂ is a kind of adversity, hardship, hard knocks
--₂ has particulars: bitter end
extremity - the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair"
--₃ is a kind of ultimacy, ultimateness
extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point
--₄ is a kind of region, part
--₄ has particulars:
boundary, bound, bounds; end; extreme point, extreme, extremum; limit
extremity - that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
--₅ is a kind of external body part
--₅ is a part of limb
--₅ has particulars: hand, manus, mitt, paw; finger; toe