Medical Dictionary

osteoclasis

noun os·te·oc·la·sis \ˌäs-tē-ˈäk-lə-səs\
plural os·te·oc·la·ses \-lə-ˌsēz\

Medical Definition of OSTEOCLASIS

:  the breaking of a bone as a step in the correction of a deformity

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