Meaning

3 senses
  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

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From pseudo- + arthrosis.

From pseudo- + arthrosis.

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Forms

plural: pseudarthroses

Synonyms

1 synonyms
false joint

See also

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