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pseudoarthrosis

pseudoarthrosis is the alternative form of pseudarthrosis.

Meaning of pseudarthrosis

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

Forms of pseudoarthrosis

pluralpseudoarthroses

Origin of pseudoarthrosis

From pseudo- + arthrosis.

Questions about pseudoarthrosis

What is pseudoarthrosis the alternative form of?
Pseudoarthrosis is the alternative form of pseudarthrosis.

Words near pseudoarthrosis in the dictionary

  1. pseudoarcheology
  2. pseudoargument
  3. pseudoaristocratic
  4. pseudoaromatic
  5. pseudoarthroses
  6. pseudoarthrosis
  7. pseudoarthrotic
  8. pseudoarticle
  9. pseudoarticles
  10. pseudoarticulated
  11. pseudoarticulation

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