false joint
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If Canning has surgery, a screw would be inserted to stabilize the false joint created by the stress reaction in his back.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2022
If Canning decides on surgery, he would undergo a procedure in which a screw would be inserted to stabilize the false joint created by the stress reaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2022
Want of union, or the formation of a false joint in one or both bones, is sometimes met with, particularly in children, and, like the corresponding fracture of the leg, is liable to prove intractable.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
When a considerable section of the shaft has been lost, want of union, fibrous union, or the formation of a false joint may result.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
My leg healed in a rough sort of way; but there’s a false joint; the bone kept coming away, and I could never walk properly again.
From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden
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