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حَلَلٌ

Root: حل

Full Definition

حَلَلٌ A laxness in the legs of a beast: or in the tendons, or sinews, and weakness in the نَسَا [q. v.], with laxness of the hock: or it is peculiar to camels: and signifies a weakness in the عُرْقُوب [i. e. hock, or hock-tendon,] of a camel; or in each عرقوب of a camel: if in the knee, it is termed طَرَقٌ.
2 And Paucity of flesh in the posteriors and thighs; or smallness and closeness of the buttocks; or paucity of flesh in the thighs; syn. رَسَحٌ; in a woman.
3 And Pain in the hips, or haunches, and the knees, in a man.


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