Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Fusion
Fusion
A surgical procedure in which bones that form a joint are held in place with metal screws or plates, allowing them to fuse into a single, immovable unit. Also called arthrodesis.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Health care
- Category: Arthritis
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Entertainment Category: TV
Orange Is the New Black
A Netflix original series which debuted in July 2013. The show is written by Jenji Kohan who also wrote the hit Showtime series, Weeds. The show ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Sanket0510
0
Terms
22
Blossaries
25
Followers
Trends Retailers Can't Ignore in 2015
Category: Business 1 8 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- Authors(2488)
- Sportspeople(853)
- Politicians(816)
- Comedians(274)
- Personalities(267)
- Popes(204)
People(6223) Terms
- General packaging(1147)
- Bag in box(76)
Packaging(1223) Terms
- General astrology(655)
- Zodiac(168)
- Natal astrology(27)
Astrology(850) Terms
- Muscular(158)
- Brain(145)
- Human body(144)
- Developmental anatomy(72)
- Nervous system(57)
- Arteries(53)
Anatomy(873) Terms
- Clock(712)
- Calendar(26)