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antirotation

antirotation adjective: that prevents rotation.

Adjective

antirotation (not comparable)

  1. That prevents rotation
    • Inclusion criteria were patients who had hip fractures and were scheduled for open reduction and internal fixation surgery using the antirotation proximal femoral nail technique.2015, Hongling Nie et al., “Effects of continuous fascia iliaca compartment blocks for postoperative analgesia in patients with hip fracture”, in Pain Research & Management : The Journal of the...

Origin of antirotation

From anti- + rotation.

Questions about antirotation

What does antirotation mean?
Antirotation means that prevents rotation.
What part of speech is antirotation?
Antirotation is an adjective.

Words near antirotation in the dictionary

  1. antiromanticism
  2. antiromantics
  3. antiroom
  4. antirooms
  5. antirotating
  6. antirotation
  7. antirotaviral
  8. antirotavirus
  9. antiroutine
  10. antiroyal
  11. antiroyalism

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