Associations to the word «Arthroplasty»

Wiktionary

ARTHROPLASTY, noun. (surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.

Dictionary definition

ARTHROPLASTY, noun. Surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint.

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