false joint

British  

noun

1. a nontechnical name for pseudoarthrosis

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Example Sentences

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 Miles, Alexander

Delayed union, want of union, and the formation of a false joint have already been referred to.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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 Bryden, H.A.