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polyaxial screw

polyaxial screw noun: a screw used for connecting vertebrae to rods in spinal surgery, having a spherical head enclosed in a housing that allows a range of motion along several different axes relative to the housing.

Noun

polyaxial screw (plural polyaxial screws)

  1. A screw used for connecting vertebrae to rods in spinal surgery, having a spherical head enclosed in a housing that allows a range of motion along several different axes relative to the housing.

Forms of polyaxial screw

pluralpolyaxial screws

Questions about polyaxial screw

What does polyaxial screw mean?
Polyaxial screw means a screw used for connecting vertebrae to rods in spinal surgery, having a spherical head enclosed in a housing that allows a range of motion along several different axes relative to the housing.
What part of speech is polyaxial screw?
Polyaxial screw is a noun.
What is the plural of polyaxial screw?
The plural of polyaxial screw is polyaxial screws.

Words near polyaxial screw in the dictionary

  1. polyattentiveness
  2. polyautographic
  3. polyautography
  4. polyautoimmunity
  5. polyaxial
  6. polyaxial screw
  7. polyaxial screws
  8. polyaxiality
  9. polyaxially
  10. polyaxon
  11. polyaxonal

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