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

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

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

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