coaptation

American  

[koh-ap-tey-shuhn] / ˌkoʊ æpˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a joining or adjustment of parts to one another.

   the coaptation of a broken bone.

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coaptation British  

/ ˌkəʊæpˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the joining or reuniting of two surfaces, esp the ends of a broken bone or the edges of a wound

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Etymology

Origin of coaptation

1555–65; < Late Latin coaptātiōn-, stem of coaptātiō; see coapt, -ation

Example Sentences

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coaptation

“If you have one or two get and stay swollen, the coaptation becomes off so the normal squeeze that’s there can be gaping a little bit,” Goldstein explained.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2020

When a simple fracture has been properly treated and the broken ends of the bone have been securely held in coaptation, one of two things will occur.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

Treatment.—Reduction of femoral fracture in the horse is practically impossible, and retaining the broken bones in coaptation is not possible by means of mechanical appliances.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

The materials, the parts, the bigness, the shapes, the coaptation; and, in short, the whole structure, number, and way of applying the Instruments, that are made use off to free the Mines from Water?

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Henry Oldenburg

When there is any difficulty in bringing the edges of the wound into apposition, a few interrupted relaxation stitches may be introduced wide of the margins, to take the strain off the coaptation stitches.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson