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OSTEOCLASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osteoclasis mean?
• OSTEOCLASIS (noun)
The noun OSTEOCLASIS has 1 sense:
1. treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone
Familiarity information: OSTEOCLASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("osteoclasis" is a kind of...):
intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))
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