OSTEOCLASIS
osteoclasis
(noun) treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
osteoclasis (plural osteoclases)
(medicine) The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity
Synonyms
• diaclasis
Source: Wiktionary
Os`te*o*cla"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Osteoclast.] (Surg.)
Definition: The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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