ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pseudarthrosis

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pseudarthrosis is a noun meaning (pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture.

Meaning

(pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture.

More Meanings

  1. (surgery) A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery
  2. (architecture) A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pseudoarticulation, diarthrosis, arthrosis, syssarcosis, synarthrosis, enarthrosis.

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