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

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

Failures and misfortunes are always more than possible, and instead of a solid and practicable bony union the sequel of the accident is sometimes a false joint, composed of mere flexible cartilage, a poor pseudarthrosis.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.