Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition in which, after fracture, there is failure of bony union, and there remains an actual joint or a fibrous union with slight movement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
bony ,flexible structure, resembling ajoint , sometimes found after a poorly unitedfracture - noun architecture A
groove in a block of stone that simulates ajoint
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Examples
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Failures and misfortunes are always more than possible, and instead of a solid and practicable bony union the sequel of the accident is sometimes a false joint, composed of mere flexible cartilage, a poor pseudarthrosis.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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In the first instance the fracture is consolidated or united; in the second there is a false articulation, or pseudarthrosis.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Ms. Hajinian has been diagnosed with pseudarthrosis, a failed spinal fusion characterized by movement at the fused site.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LISA PRIEST 2011
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Modified Sequential McFarland Bypass Procedure for Pre-pseudarthrosis of the Tibia.
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