Associations to the word «Arthrodesis»

Wiktionary

ARTHRODESIS, noun. (medicine) The fusion of a joint between two or more bones so that the joint can no longer move.

Dictionary definition

ARTHRODESIS, noun. The surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne