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osteoclasy

osteoclasy noun: the surgical fracture and resetting of a bone.

Noun

osteoclasy (plural osteoclasies)

  1. The surgical fracture and resetting of a bone.
    • He had performed upwards of twenty osteotomies, and nearly as many osteoclasies.1884, Gaillard's Medical Journal - Volume 38, page 434
    • We need not here discuss the performance of instrumental osteoclasy, for it has never been received with favour in this country.1891, The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery

Forms of osteoclasy

pluralosteoclasies

Origin of osteoclasy

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek κλάσις (klásis, “breaking”).

Questions about osteoclasy

What does osteoclasy mean?
Osteoclasy means the surgical fracture and resetting of a bone.
What part of speech is osteoclasy?
Osteoclasy is a noun.
What is the plural of osteoclasy?
The plural of osteoclasy is osteoclasies.

Words near osteoclasy in the dictionary

  1. osteoclastoma
  2. osteoclastomas
  3. osteoclastomata
  4. osteoclasts
  5. osteoclasty
  6. osteoclasy
  7. osteocolla
  8. osteocompatibility
  9. osteocompatible
  10. osteocompetent
  11. osteoconductance

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