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kyphoplasty

kyphoplasty noun: a medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.

Noun

kyphoplasty (plural kyphoplasties)

  1. A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.

Forms of kyphoplasty

pluralkyphoplasties

Origin of kyphoplasty

From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós) + -plasty.

Questions about kyphoplasty

What does kyphoplasty mean?
Kyphoplasty means a medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.
What part of speech is kyphoplasty?
Kyphoplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of kyphoplasty?
The plural of kyphoplasty is kyphoplasties.

Words near kyphoplasty in the dictionary

  1. kypholordosis
  2. kypholordotic
  3. kyphometer
  4. kyphometers
  5. kyphoplasties
  6. kyphoplasty
  7. kyphos
  8. kyphoscolioses
  9. kyphoscoliosis
  10. kyphoscoliotic
  11. kyphosed

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