Medical Dictionary

pseudarthrosis

noun pseud·ar·thro·sis \ˌsüd-är-ˈthrō-səs\
plural pseud·ar·thro·ses \-ˈthrō-ˌsēz\

Medical Definition of PSEUDARTHROSIS

:  an abnormal union formed by fibrous tissue between parts of a bone that has fractured usually spontaneously due to congenital weakness—called also false joint

Variants of PSEUDARTHROSIS

pseud·ar·thro·sis also pseu·do·ar·thro·sis \ˌsüd-ō-\

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