flail (fleɪl) n. 1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.

flail (fleɪl) n. 1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.

As intrapleural pressure becomes increasingly negative, the flail segment and its underlying lung tissue are sucked inward, collapsing the lung on the affected side and shifting the mediastinum …

flail joint a joint with loss of function caused by loss of ability to stabilize the joint in any plane within its normal range of motion.

As intrapleural pressure becomes increasingly negative, the flail segment and its underlying lung tissue are sucked inward, collapsing the lung on the affected side and shifting the mediastinum …

1. To beat (plants) with a machine or by hand to separate the grain from the straw: flail, thrash. 2. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, …

flail around To move one's body, often the limbs, in an erratic or clumsy way The last time I tried ice skating, I spent most of the time flailing around and trying desperately not to fall.

1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog. 2. to defeat thoroughly. 3. to beat or move wildly or violently; flail. 4. thresh.

As intrapleural pressure becomes increasingly negative, the flail segment and its underlying lung tissue are sucked inward, collapsing the lung on the affected side and shifting the mediastinum …

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