ARTHRODESIS


Meaning of ARTHRODESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ är-ˈthrä-də-səs ]

noun

( plural ar·throd·e·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from arthr- + Greek desis binding, from dein to bind

Date: circa 1901

: the surgical immobilization of a joint so that the bones grow solidly together

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