extracorporeal

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Etymology

From extra- +‎ corporeal.

Adjective

extracorporeal (not comparable)

  1. Outside the body.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "However, I have received two messages to-night, and I can only ascribe to them an extra-corporeal origin."

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