Exarticulation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Exarticulation is a noun meaning Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
Meaning
Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
More Meanings
- (surgery) The action, or the result of exarticulating
Example Sentences
Even after early amputation and exarticulation one soon sees recurrence and lung metastases.
The operation of exarticulation presents the following advantages over amputation performed in the continuity of the diseased bure in cases of osteo-myelitis:
If this rule is neglected there is grat danger of recurrence or of the establishment of habitual exarticulation, subluxation, or a snapping sound during eating.
Three cases were then related in which amputation at the middle of the thigh had been followed by osteomyelitis in the stump, but in which cures had been obtained without exarticulation.
Word Forms
- exarticulations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abarticulation, disarticulation, arthrosis, pseudoarticulation, arthrolysis, arthroclasia.
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