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
The neck has become absorbed, the head has not united, and a false joint has formed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
When a bone is broken and does not unite, the ends are absorbed and rounded, so that a false joint is formed; or if the ends unite, but overlap, the projecting parts are removed.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
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 Miles, Alexander
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