pseudarthrosis

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture
2. noun A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery
3. noun A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint

Similar words

pseudoarticulation diarthrosis arthrosis syssarcosis synarthrosis adarticulation enarthrosis cyclarthrosis amphiarthrosis arthrocele

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