Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of limiting movement or making incapable of movement.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
immobilization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
- noun the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
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Examples
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Scanning electron microscopic examination of bacterial immobilisation in a carboxymethylcellulose (Aquacel) and alginate dressings.
New In Vitro Study Data Shows Importance of Dressing Conformability to Action of... 2010
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CLAMPING or some other form of vehicle immobilisation happens to the vehicles of hundreds of people each day in England and Wales.
Clamping And The Law: Guest Post Bystander 2009
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CLAMPING or some other form of vehicle immobilisation happens to the vehicles of hundreds of people each day in England and Wales.
Archive 2009-10-01 Bystander 2009
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No genuine revolution has ever succeeded by relying on the actions of a revolutionary elite acting outside of the involvement of the masses of the people, or predicated on the demobilisation and immobilisation of the masses.
ANC Today 2004
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No genuine revolution has ever succeeded by relying on the actions of a revolutionary elite acting outside of the involvement of the masses of the people, or predicated on the demobilisation and immobilisation of the masses.
ANC Today 2004
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The immobilisation process does not apply to TBs issued before the immobilisation date.
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If this traction is impossible to maintain, it can be replaced with a pelvic-leg plaster, for the remainder of immobilisation, but as late as possible, for example on the 45th day.
Chapter 8 1989
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Be aware that immobilisation for a long period is sometimes unacceptable.
Chapter 8 1989
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When transport is a necessity, the best method of immobilisation is the application of breeches of plaster of Paris, and a long outside splint.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The provision of efficient means of extension and immobilisation was a very different matter.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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