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false joint

noun

  1. a nontechnical name for pseudoarthrosis

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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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.

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Sandi Jackson was sentenced to a year in prison for filing false joint federal income tax returns that knowingly understated the income the couple received.

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A former Chicago alderman, she was sentenced for filing false joint federal income tax returns.

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His wife, Sandi, a former Chicago City Council member, was sentenced to a year in prison for filing false joint income tax returns that understated the couple's earnings.

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