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pseudarthrosis

pseudarthrosis noun: a bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture.

Noun

pseudarthrosis (plural pseudarthroses)

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

Synonyms of pseudarthrosis

  • false joint

Forms of pseudarthrosis

pluralpseudarthroses
alternative formpseudoarthrosis

Origin of pseudarthrosis

From pseudo- + arthrosis.

Questions about pseudarthrosis

What does pseudarthrosis mean?
Pseudarthrosis means a bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture.
What part of speech is pseudarthrosis?
Pseudarthrosis is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudarthrosis?
The plural of pseudarthrosis is pseudarthroses.

Words near pseudarthrosis in the dictionary

  1. pseudapistosian
  2. pseudapistosians
  3. pseudapostle
  4. pseudapostles
  5. pseudarthroses
  6. pseudarthrosis
  7. pseudarthrotic
  8. pseudaxes
  9. pseudaxis
  10. pseudembryo
  11. pseudembryonic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudarthrosis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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